Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, has announced its partnership with MECCA, Australia’s largest prestige beauty retailer. To cater to its fast-growing customer base in-store and online, MECCA has chosen Adyen to streamline payments, amplify customer experience, and enhance fraud protection capabilities.For 27 years, MECCA has revolutionised beauty and retail in Australia and New Zealand, drawing over four million annual customers through 110+ stores, an advanced e-commerce platform, and a top-tier rewards program. Renowned for personalised service, MECCA sought a payments partner to enhance its customer experience, online and in-store.“Customers truly are at the heart of our business, and so we want to make sure every single step of their interactions with us are spot on. By the time a customer has chosen their products and made their way to checkout – either online or in-store – the last thing we want them to experience is a technology glitch, or an unnecessary complication that takes up their time. Adyen has helped us to create a simple and reliable payment solution for our customers that can scale with us as we continue to grow and our customers’ needs change,” said Michael Hobsbawn, Chief Technology Officer at MECCA.MECCA has chosen Adyen as its payments partner by adopting its Unified Commerce and Pay-by-Link technology stack across its operations. With Unified Commerce, MECCA gains the ability to instantaneously capture payment transactions and real-time shopper insights in a single overview