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UATP, Conferma Pay Team To Bring Virtual Payment Cards To Airlines
UATP, Conferma Pay Team To Bring Virtual Payment Cards To Airlines
February 14, 2019  |  Digital Payments

UATP and Conferma Pay announced on Thursday (Feb. 14) that they have inked a partnership aiming to bring virtual card payment technology to airlines. According...

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Why Airlines Need To Get Their Wheels Up On Alt Payments
Why Airlines Need To Get Their Wheels Up On Alt Payments
February 07, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Time is up. That — according to CEO Kristian Gjerding of CellPoint Mobile and CEO Ralph Kaiser of Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) — is the reality that airlines...

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mPOS At 37,000 Feet
mPOS At 37,000 Feet
January 02, 2019  |  MPOS Tracker

With the global mobile point of sale (mPOS) market projected to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.8% from 2017 to 2026, many...

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JetBlue’s Inclusive Take On Loyalty
JetBlue’s Inclusive Take On Loyalty
November 08, 2018  |  Retail

Airlines are not quite the inventors of the points-based loyalty model, but they do perhaps deserve credit, historically speaking, for perfecting the art form. Points are...

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Airlines Raise The Price Of Loyalty
Airlines Raise The Price Of Loyalty
November 06, 2018  |  Loyalty & Rewards

In the digital world, loyalty can work as a differentiator, a way to keep consumers amid fierce competition from many merchants. But loyalty also comes...

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UATP CEO Sees Alternative Payments Taking Flight With Airlines
UATP CEO Sees Alternative Payments Taking Flight With Airlines
October 22, 2018  |  Travel Payments

Booking flights is no longer just about charging it to the card — that is, corporate or individual credit cards. Technology has made it possible...

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Five At Five: Google’s P2P Move; Whole Foods Does Robotic Farming
Five At Five: Google’s P2P Move; Whole Foods Does Robotic Farming
September 25, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes a possible P2P payments offering from Google,...

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How Airline Loyalty Points Work As Currency
How Airline Loyalty Points Work As Currency
September 25, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

When it comes to using loyalty points as a currency, some might underestimate the difficulty of such an application: “People kind of shrug,” Modo CEO Bruce...

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