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Travel Payments
Payments and Treasury Platform Sunrate Partners With Travel App Agoda
November 27, 2022

Hong Kong-based payment platform Sunrate said it will integrate its online travel solution with Agoda’s digital travel booking platform. “At Sunrate, we are committed to constantly innovate our offerings, so that ultimately, we can be the one-stop B2B partner for the travel industry, by solving...

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New Digital Tools Aim to Take the Pain Out of Busiest Travel Day
November 24, 2022

As the number of people traveling for Thanksgiving is projected to hit levels not seen since 2019, a growing number of consumers are turning to digital tools to book, manage documents and pay for things along the way in hopes of making their trips go...

Travel Payments
Airlines Eye Closed-Loop Payments Solutions to Reduce Payments Costs
November 22, 2022

While the cost of processing credit cards has dropped dramatically over the years, some of the interchange levels have remained relatively high. This has led to an economic model evolving within the travel industry where some of the benefits are being passed to the buyer....

Transportation
TRADE X Expands Online B2B Auto Marketplace to Ghana
November 21, 2022

Ontario-based international automotive trading platform TRADE X announced on Monday (Nov. 21) that it has expanded its business-to-business (B2B) online vehicle marketplace into Ghana. With the opening of an office in Accra and the launch of new trade routes for importing pre-owned vehicles from North...

Transportation
Fleet Payments Firm AtoB Teams With Casey’s to Offer Fuel Discounts
November 16, 2022

With fuel costs still high, fleet payments platform AtoB has teamed with convenience retailer Casey’s to offer customers lower fuel costs when they use AtoB’s Visa fleet card. Beginning Wednesday (Nov. 16), AtoB card holders can save seven cents per gallon on all purchases at...

Travel Payments
Airbnb Hopes to Woo New Hosts With Setup Program
November 16, 2022

With revenues at record levels and more people renting their homes to earn extra income, Airbnb is working to attract new hosts. That’s the thinking behind “Airbnb Setup,” a program the company launched Wednesday (Nov. 16) to make it easier for people to turn their homes into Airbnb properties. “Airbnb...

Travel Payments
Uber Travel Expands to 10,000+ Cities
November 14, 2022

Uber has expanded its Uber Travel service to 10,000 cities, part of a suite of new services, as the company and its competitors look to diversify their offerings. The service — now available in all major cities in the United States and Canada — organizes...

Transportation
EV Manufacturing, Micro-Mobility Enable Middle East Transport Electrification
November 09, 2022

As world leaders gather in Egypt this week for the COP27 climate summit, the question of how best to approach fossil fuels is being hotly debated. The decisions made will have profound implications for the global transport industry, where the first steps toward the widespread...

Transportation
Uber for Business to Accept AirPlus Accounts
November 08, 2022

Business travelers have a new way of getting around, with Uber for Business now accepting German FinTech Airplus International’s AirPlus Company Account. The account is a corporate expense solution that allows employees to book and pay for their travel and accommodation via a single unified...