Travel Payments

Travel Payments
Has Business Travel Been Permanently Grounded?
July 12, 2022

While leisure travel is on the upswing this summer, business travel is giving way to Zoom meetings over zooming jets as flight disruptions and soaring costs find corporates taking a hard look at travel expenses, leaving many wondering if the practice will ever return to...

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Staffing Shortage Leads London’s Heathrow to Limit Flights
July 12, 2022

Heathrow Airport in London is limiting the number of departing passengers to 100,000 per day until September and has asked airlines to suspend ticket sales for the summer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Travel Recovery in South Korea Makes Strong Case for Localized Payments
June 22, 2022

Neither pandemic flareups nor inflation will deter adventurous South Korean travelers from booking travel in a recovery year, but it’s an advanced market that demands more from travel experiences, how travelers are able to pay, and in the case of suppliers, be paid. Get the...

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Travel App Provider Ranking Contenders Take a Staycation
June 14, 2022

There isn’t much movement in this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Travel apps. The 11 apps that have earned a place in the top 10 were here last month too. What’s more, each was in the same position in the rankings. Get the...

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Affirm, Agoda to Provide BNPL Travel Booking
June 13, 2022

Approved travelers booking hotels through the Agoda platform will get a buy now, pay later (BNPL) option provided by BNPL provider Affirm under a new arrangement, the companies announced Monday (June 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Subscription Travel Brings Recurring Summer Fun to the Road and Skies
June 11, 2022

If we can subscribe to something like Apocabox — should the world end on a predictable monthly recurring billing schedule — why can’t we subscribe to more travel services? That gap in the market is yawning, but it won’t be for much longer as subscriptions are going...

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With Vacation Demand Rising, Travel App Hopper Unveils Cost Saving Tools
June 07, 2022

With desire for summer vacations competing with consumer anxiety, travel app Hopper has rolled out a suite of FinTech flexibility products designed to help people save on their trips. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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The Digital Merchant 2022: Crypto Payments Take Travel in New Directions
June 07, 2022

Disrupting traditional travel payments — a legacy ecosystem rife with opacity and inefficiency — is potentially a killer app for cryptocurrency, availing new ways to book, pay and admit entry to a rapidly forming metaverse where pre-travel experiences promise to be truly immersive. Get the...

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Gas High — But Spirits Higher — as Summer Travel Kicks Off
May 30, 2022

If you’re among the nearly 40 million Americans expected to have traveled over this holiday weekend, you paid more than you have in many years for everything — and it was worth it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...