Travel Payments

Aviation Rideshare? Digital Marketplaces Take Flight With Blackbird
Aviation Rideshare? Digital Marketplaces Take Flight With Blackbird
September 18, 2018  |  Retail

Pilots often have empty seats, and travelers may be happy to fill them instead of driving to their destinations. Air travel marketplace Blackbird is seeking...

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UATP Embraces B2B Payment Changes
UATP Embraces B2B Payment Changes
September 12, 2018  |  Digital Payments

It’s the oldest payments network in the world that you might not be familiar with. Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) is the oldest payments network...

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Fighting The High Cost Of Travel Payments
Fighting The High Cost Of Travel Payments
September 11, 2018  |  Travel Payments

Airlines and hotels are not payments companies — and they don’t want to be. They are in the business of flying planes and managing hotel...

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 Tracking PYMNTS Trackers Into 4Q And Beyond
 Tracking PYMNTS Trackers Into 4Q And Beyond
September 03, 2018  |  Tracker Series

The last days of summer here.  The end of a quarter is approaching, and with that, we head into the end of a year.  It’s...

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How Payment Platforms Simplify Travel Payments’ Complexity
How Payment Platforms Simplify Travel Payments’ Complexity
August 03, 2018  |  Platform Payments

No more plastic. And no more relying solely on virtual cards. Companies need transparency when it comes to booking and paying for road warriors’ trips....

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NEW DATA: It Costs Travel Services Providers 5.4 Percent Of Sales To Process Payments — Here’s Why
NEW DATA: It Costs Travel Services Providers 5.4 Percent Of Sales To Process Payments —...
July 26, 2018  |  Travel Payments

The global travel industry generates approximately $1.4 trillion in revenue annually and, in doing so, spends 5.4 percent of its revenue processing payments. In fact,...

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Better Visuals Can Lead To More Airline Ticket Sales
Better Visuals Can Lead To More Airline Ticket Sales
June 05, 2018  |  Innovation

Prettier pictures lead to more sales for airlines — that’s the philosophy behind a growing bookings system that offers what Reuters called on Tuesday (June 5) a “more...

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Will Consumers Buy Airline Tickets Via Bank Accounts?
Will Consumers Buy Airline Tickets Via Bank Accounts?
May 14, 2018  |  International

A payments initiative, backed by Germany-based Deutsche Bank, could lead to another web-based payment option for airline passengers and diminished revenue for credit card providers....

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CellPoint Takes Off With Travel-Centric Mobile Wallet
CellPoint Takes Off With Travel-Centric Mobile Wallet
September 15, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

A new travel payments solution is promising to ease mobile payments rollout for airlines using its mobile wallet sleeve. The solution, which has been developed...

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