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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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How HomeAway Uses Real-Time Data To Stay ‘Locally Relevant’
How HomeAway Uses Real-Time Data To Stay ‘Locally Relevant’
September 17, 2018  |  Platform Payments

Consumers in China prefer mobile payments; Germans would rather use debit cards — and that’s just the beginning. HomeAway’s GM of Commerce Mike Sutter tells...

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NEW REPORT: HomeAway’s Payments Secret Sauce
NEW REPORT: HomeAway’s Payments Secret Sauce
September 14, 2018  |  Platform Payments

Travel payments have long posed a challenge to airlines and hotels in the space. Payments are often expensive to process and come with a host...

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Why Alt Payments Give Airlines And OTAs A Boost
Why Alt Payments Give Airlines And OTAs A Boost
September 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) is the oldest payments network in the world, 83 years and counting. However, unless one happens to work in a...

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Amadeus On Why Travel Payments Need An Upgrade
Amadeus On Why Travel Payments Need An Upgrade
September 11, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Travel companies know that payments innovation is mission-critical when it comes to acquiring and retaining consumers all over the world. It’s a clear fact in the data...

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Bitcoin Daily: India Central Bank Sets Up Blockchain Division; Samsung Subsidiary Blockchain Solution Streamlines Bank Transactions
Bitcoin Daily: India Central Bank Sets Up Blockchain Division; Samsung Subsidiary Blockchain Solution Streamlines Bank...
August 28, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Russian Airline S7 has experimented with an application based on blockchain that keeps track of data and paperwork related to plane refueling, CoinDesk reported. The...

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