New forms of artificial intelligence have raised that stakes in an already fierce battle between legacy payment companies and fintechs, placing pressure on IT teams to shorten development time.
To address this, Worldline, which is based in France and operates in more than 40 countries including the U.S., has entered a strategic partnership with Google Cloud.
The collaboration is designed to speed the next phase of Worldline's two-year-old "Go to Cloud" automation strategy, which includes spotting new uses for artificial intelligence.
"Tech development needs to be faster," said Marc-Henri Desportes, deputy CEO of Worldline.
Companies with their roots in transaction processing have invested heavily in strategies to remain relevant as their skills become an incrementally smaller part of a broader digital commerce strategy at merchants.
Technology firms such as Stripe, PayPal and Block have taken advantage of that trend to gain ground through a mix of digital financial products designed for both merchants and consumers.
Worldline will access Google Cloud's data analytics and AI to improve insights from Worldline's existing data to build new payment products, merchant services, streamline customer engagement and boost the use of low-carbon technology to expedite green …
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