Kristian Gjerding

CellPoint CEO: Travel Sector Has ‘Once in a Lifetime’ Chance for Payments Efficiency
CellPoint CEO: Travel Sector Has ‘Once in a Lifetime’ Chance for Payments Efficiency
February 20, 2025  |  Travel Payments

The travel sector comeback has been underway since the end of the pandemic. But the accompanying digital shift has been slow to come to the...

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Payments in Motion: Orchestration Hits the Road With Travel Sector
Payments in Motion: Orchestration Hits the Road With Travel Sector
January 03, 2025  |  Travel Payments

The travel industry, perpetually in motion, has become a fertile ground for payments innovation. As the sector races to meet changing consumer expectations, payment orchestration...

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Digital Payments Reduce Travel Industry Turbulence
Digital Payments Reduce Travel Industry Turbulence
November 19, 2024  |  Travel Payments

There’s nothing simple about travel, especially from a payments POV. But there should be. “Simplicity in travel, the more they can go hand-in-hand, the better...

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Payments Orchestration Plays Major Role in Meeting Travel Business Complexity
Payments Orchestration Plays Major Role in Meeting Travel Business Complexity
November 07, 2024  |  Travel Payments

Airlines run on two things: schedules and exceptions to those schedules. For the travel industry, building the plane itself represents a more straightforward, even simpler,...

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Airlines on Payments Autopilot: How Automation Streamlines the Travel Refund Process
Airlines on Payments Autopilot: How Automation Streamlines the Travel Refund Process
September 06, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Air travel is complex. And that complexity trickles down to nearly every customer and airline touchpoint — particularly airline refunds, a process that has become a...

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Orchestration Helps Airlines Turn Payments Costs Into Profits
Orchestration Helps Airlines Turn Payments Costs Into Profits
August 22, 2023  |  Payments As A Service

Kristian Gjerding, CEO at CellPoint Digital, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that amid the rise of open banking, faster payments and pay by bank’s continued...

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Airlines Turn to Orchestration as Consumer Payments Preferences Multiply
Airlines Turn to Orchestration as Consumer Payments Preferences Multiply
March 22, 2023  |  Travel Payments

As talk in payments circles turns more and more to localization and alternative payment methods (APMs), smart routing and payments orchestration is stepping up as...

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CellPoint CEO Says Payments Orchestration Reduces Transaction Turbulence as Air Travel Rebounds
CellPoint CEO Says Payments Orchestration Reduces Transaction Turbulence as Air Travel Rebounds
January 24, 2023  |  Travel Payments

A glitch at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sparked chaos in the airline sector this month. And in an interview with PYMNTS, Kristian Gjerding, CEO...

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Why Airlines Need To Get Their Wheels Up On Alt Payments
Why Airlines Need To Get Their Wheels Up On Alt Payments
February 07, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Time is up. That — according to CEO Kristian Gjerding of CellPoint Mobile and CEO Ralph Kaiser of Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) — is the reality that airlines...

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