Travel Payments

Affirm Lets Cathay Pacific Travelers ‘Pay Over Time’

Affirm Lets Cathay Pacific Travelers ‘Pay Over Time’
Affirm Lets Cathay Pacific Travelers ‘Pay Over Time’
July 27, 2023  |  BNPL

Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific has chosen Affirm as its U.S. “pay-over-time” partner. The partnership, announced Thursday (July 27), lets the air carrier’s customers use Affirm’s buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

READ MORE >
Upgrade’s $100M Deal for Uplift Brings BNPL for Travelers Into the Fold
Upgrade’s $100M Deal for Uplift Brings BNPL for Travelers Into the Fold
July 27, 2023  |  BNPL

The build vs. buy debate is a perennial one in technology, and in payments.  For neobank Upgrade, in the bid to extend its credit, mobile...

READ MORE >
Business Travel Platform BizAway Receives $11 Million to Drive Innovation
Business Travel Platform BizAway Receives $11 Million to Drive Innovation
July 24, 2023  |  Investments

Business travel platform BizAway has received 10 million euros (about $11 million) of new medium-term funding to help propel its growth. BizAway will use the new capital...

READ MORE >
Alipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
Alipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
July 21, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Visitors to China can now link their Visa and Mastercard accounts to the country’s most popular mobile payment applications, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Ant Group, the operator of Alipay, said Friday (July...

READ MORE >
Worldline Introduces End-to-End Mobility Payments Solution
Worldline Introduces End-to-End Mobility Payments Solution
July 20, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Worldline has launched an end-to-end solution to provide an enhanced, seamless and secure payment experience for mobility operators and their customers. The new Mobility Payments Suite offers a...

READ MORE >
Mondee Adds Mobile-First AI Platform to Travel Marketplace
Mondee Adds Mobile-First AI Platform to Travel Marketplace
July 19, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Mondee Holdings has introduced a mobile-first artificial intelligence (AI) platform with integrated multi-party conversational commerce. With the integration of this new Abhi platform, the Mondee Travel...

READ MORE >
Emburse Adds Flight and Hotel Rebooking Capabilities With Tripbam Acquisition
Emburse Adds Flight and Hotel Rebooking Capabilities With Tripbam Acquisition
July 19, 2023  |  Commercial Payments

Travel and expense management firm Emburse has acquired Tripbam. Tripbam provides fully automated, always-on auditing technology to track and review corporate travel pre-trip spending, corporate negotiated discounts and...

READ MORE >
Tripadvisor Uses AI to Personalize Travel Itineraries
Tripadvisor Uses AI to Personalize Travel Itineraries
July 19, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Tripadvisor has added an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered travel itinerary generator to its travel guidance platform. This new addition to the company’s Trips product uses OpenAI’s generative AI...

READ MORE >