Worldline speeds payment approvals with Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud
Payment processing giant runs Oracle Exadata Database Service natively on Google Cloud, improving global availability, scalability, and security.
France | Financial Services
“Worldline Global Commerce operates one of the largest payment processing platforms, for which consistent low latency and high throughput are non-negotiable. Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud gives us the scalability, resilience, and security capabilities we require to support real-time transaction processing at global scale by delivering the power of Oracle Exadata within Google Cloud.”
France-based Worldline wanted to locate its Global Collect payment processing platform, which handles billions of ecommerce transactions annually, closer to its customers in more than 150 countries globally. Its goals were to improve availability and security and provide faster payment approvals. Having selected Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as its public cloud infrastructure, Worldline decided to migrate its Oracle‑managed databases to Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud. The move allowed it to handle demand spikes of up to 25 times the usual volume, with the aim of authorizing transactions in less than a second.
Why Worldline chose Oracle
Worldline evaluated multiple databases on which to run its Global Collect payments system, including Google Cloud Spanner, and considered running Oracle databases on bare metal solutions within GCP data centers. The company chose Oracle Exadata Database Service on GCP based on the cloud service’s high performance, integration capabilities, and its ability to provide near instant scalability natively within Google Cloud data centers. Exadata’s architecture scales compute and storage independently, handling volume spikes without over-provisioning baseline capacity. Additionally, Exadata Database Service’s data encryption, strict security policies, and multitenant segmentation mechanisms met Worldline’s compliance requirements without adding complexity. Worldline decision-makers also took note of the smooth communications between Oracle and Google while the company tested Exadata Database Service on GCP—a testament to the maturity of the multicloud partnership.
Results
Worldline is moving about 200 microservices to Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud, establishing a scalable platform that will support its growth. The company is migrating its 100-terabyte reporting database, which encompasses seven years of transaction history, as well as smaller databases that run hundreds of APIs during highly complex transaction processing. Oracle GoldenGate is being deployed to provide multidirectional data replication across all regions in near real time. Worldline will benefit from the near-instant provisioning of Exadata Database Service, an engineered hardware and software solution. The company expects to report faster thanks to the cloud service’s ability to rapidly process payment and customer queries. “When needed during activity peaks, the Exadata environment is ready in minutes,” says Arni Smit, the Worldline team leader on the project. “That agility is a real game‑changer.”
Partners
On top of engaging directly with Google Cloud and Oracle architects and engineers, Worldline is working with Devoteam Netherlands for architectural and cloud engineering support during the migration of the Global Collect platform.
More about the company
Worldline is Europe’s leading payments infrastructure operator, securing and processing payments for over 1.2 million customers. As part of its 2030 strategy, it aims to be the reference partner for merchants and banks.
Worldline elevates its cloud data platform with Oracle Exadata on Google Cloud