Dive Brief:

• Oracle will now offer retailers in-store payment acceptance services, including tap-to-pay capabilities, as a part of the other hardware and cloud-based software services the company provides, the tech titan said in a release Thursday. Previously, Oracle would channel the processing part of the transaction to another company, a spokesperson for the company said.
• The new Oracle payment acceptance feature can handle debit and credit cards as well as Apple, Google and Samsung digital wallet payment methods, the company said. The new service became available to retailers in December, an Oracle spokesperson said.
• The new service will be sold at a fixed fee, with no long-term contract or monthly minimum payment volume requirements, according to the release.

Dive Insight:

Austin, Texas-based Oracle touted the new feature as a kind of one-stop-platform for retailers, where they can process payments, oversee inventory and manage staff. The company also argued that the services will be a less expensive alternative in the marketplace, with no varying fees for different payment methods or other service fees.

With the new payment offering, the company aims to “bring a more stable ‘payment to processing’ solution to market for a fraction of the cost,” said Oracle Senior Vice President Mike Webster, who is general manager of Oracle’s retail division. The goal is to better help retailers anticipate what their processing costs will be, the company said.

Oracle has long been in the transaction processing technology business and also plays a dominant role among companies that handle transactions in the restaurant business. It added the payment acceptance feature for its restaurant offering last July.

The Oracle software and point-of-sale hardware also include security standards and end-to-end encryption that meet industry standards, the company noted.