Travel Payments

Affirm Teams With Vacasa For Flexible Vacation Rental Payments

Affirm Teams With Vacasa For Flexible Vacation Rental Payments
Affirm Teams With Vacasa For Flexible Vacation Rental Payments
February 23, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Vacation rental management platform Vacasa is partnering with buy now, pay later (BNPL) FinTech Affirm to bring flexible payments to the travel industry, the companies...

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Tourism Industry Braces For Continued COVID-19 Downturn
Tourism Industry Braces For Continued COVID-19 Downturn
February 21, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Problems with vaccine rollouts and the continuing spread of the coronavirus have dampened the travel industry’s expectations for a recovery from the economic issues it’s...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Crests $57,000; Thailand To Target Crypto Holders In New Tourism Plan
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Crests $57,000; Thailand To Target Crypto Holders In New Tourism Plan
February 21, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin has passed another milestone, crossing $57,000 as of Saturday (Feb. 20), according to a CoinDesk report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Pandemic Cut US Airline Passenger Numbers By 60 Pct In 2020
Pandemic Cut US Airline Passenger Numbers By 60 Pct In 2020
February 16, 2021  |  Economy

U.S. air traffic passengers fell to their lowest numbers since 1974 as the number of scheduled passengers dropped 62 percent from December 2019 to December...

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Arch Insurance Streamlines Business Travel Insurance Pricing, Payment Experience
Arch Insurance Streamlines Business Travel Insurance Pricing, Payment Experience
February 15, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Arch Insurance has rolled out a new program allowing brokers to quickly price and purchase business travel account policies for U.S. companies with up to...

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Uplift Advances BNPL Options For Travel Market Recovery
Uplift Advances BNPL Options For Travel Market Recovery
February 15, 2021  |  BNPL

Uplift, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution for the travel industry, is seeing an uptick in demand for flexible payment options when making new...

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UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds
UK’s CMA Warns Lastminute.com Of Legal Action Over Vacation Refunds
February 12, 2021  |  Legal & Regulation

Switzerland-headquartered global online travel booking platform Lastminute.com could be facing legal action from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over missing the refund deadline...

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Safe Travels Post-Pandemic: Latest Efforts Underway In Digital Vaccine Passports
Safe Travels Post-Pandemic: Latest Efforts Underway In Digital Vaccine Passports
February 10, 2021  |  Economy

Is it safe to travel yet? As the COVID-19 vaccine is (slowly) rolling out, the answer to that question is inching ever closer to yes...

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