Tagged: traveling

Lydia, Insurtech Qover to Enhance Insurance Experience for European Clients

Lydia, a mobile banking application, has partnered with insurtech Qover to introduce a seamless travel insurance experience. This offering is exclusively available “to Lydia’s premium cardholders, known as Black+ users, in Belgium, France, Portugal and Spain.” Qover’s embedded insurance orchestration platform is at the heart… Read More

Citi, Navan Launch Travel, Expense System for Commercial Bank Clients

Citi and Navan, a modern travel and expense management solution, announced the launch of a new, jointly branded travel and expense system designed for Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) cardholders. The strategic agreement, which “combines Navan’s all-in-one solution and Citi’s leading commercial card solutions, leverages the… Read More

Insurtech Cover Genius Partners with India’s EaseMyTrip.com, an Online Travel Platform

EaseMyTrip.com, one of India’s largest online travel platforms, announced its strategic partnership with Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection. By integrating with XCover, Cover Genius’ global distribution platform, EaseMyTrip customers can add Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR) travel protection “along with the embedded comprehensive… Read More

BNPL Provider Affirm, Booking.com to Offer Travelers Increased Flexible Payment Options

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced a partnership with Booking.com, one of the world’s online travel platforms, “to offer flexible payment options for travel bookings.” Through this partnership, Affirm is available “at checkout across several… Read More

Fintech Alipay+, PayNet to Support Payment for Inbound, Outbound Malaysian Travelers

More Asian travelers to Malaysia will enjoy a seamless digital payment experience at over 1.8 million merchants across the country while Malaysian residents will be able to pay with e-wallets of their home country abroad, thanks to a MOU signed recently between Payments Network Malaysia… Read More

Fintech Firm Brex Expands Travel Solution with Launch of New Features

Brex, which claims to be the first fully unified global spend platform, today launched group events — an expansion of Brex travel that “enables businesses to create and manage large scale, group corporate events for employees.” With this launch, Brex says it is “the first… Read More

Mastercard and Nirvana Travel and Tourism to Provide Payment Solution to Clients in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Nirvana Travel and Tourism – which claims to be one of the UAE’s leading travel and tourism management companies – have joined forces in a collaboration aimed at providing a payment solution “to customers who book travel services in the UAE,… Read More

Digital Banking: Monzo Announces New Travel Insurance Provider for Premium Members

From 3rd July 2023, Monzo Premium’s worldwide family travel insurance will be provided by Zurich, powered by Qover. Most of the things covered by the insurance will “stay the same.” As will the excess amount and the price of Monzo Premium, the team at Monzo… Read More

Fintech Airbase, TravelPerk to Enhance Travel Expense Management for Businesses

Airbase, the software provider that helps companies procure, pay, and close their books with ease, and TravelPerk, the “fastest-growing” global travel management platform, announced an integration that will “enable businesses to seamlessly manage their travel expenditure with less effort.” This partnership “brings together TravelPerk’s vast… Read More

Insurtech bolttech, Taiwan Mobile to Enhance Travel Insurance Purchase Experience

International insurtech bolttech announced its partnership with one of Taiwan’s telecommunications providers, Taiwan Mobile, in order “to offer a range of personal insurance options for customers on the Taiwan Mobile app.” Powered by bolttech’s insurance exchange platform, “the first phase of the partnership will see… Read More

Fintech Airwallex, Expedia to Help Business Travelers Improve Traveling Experience

Against a surge in both business and personal travel, global fintech Airwallex and leading travel technology company Expedia Group announced today a joint promotion to help customers save when booking hotel stays. Jessica Chiu, Head of North American Strategic Partnerships at Airwallex said global business… Read More

Expedia Group, Mastercard Turn Daily Spending into Seamless Experiences

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) cardholders will be able “to book travel using credit card loyalty points with Travel with Rewards powered by Expedia.” Expedia Group and Mastercard “expand their partnership for a new joint adventure: Travel with Rewards, a modern loyalty points redemption solution that enables… Read More

Fintech Brex Introduces Integrated Travel Solution

Brex recently announced Brex travel, a premium travel management experience that delivers comprehensive booking and management capabilities, all in the Brex dashboard and mobile app, “with unbiased global inventory, self-service trip changes, and 24/7 agent support.” With the addition of travel, Brex is “extending Empower… Read More

Expense Management Survey: Increase in Travel Spend Among SMEs Despite Inflation, Recession Concerns

Center, a software company helping businesses gain visibility into and manage employee spending, released insights from its fourth annual Expense Management Trends survey, revealing that “despite an uncertain economic environment, over a third of respondents (36%) plan to spend more than $250k annually on travel,… Read More

Alipay+ to Provide Cash-Free Travel Experiences for Tourists in Chinese Mainland

Alipay+, a provider of global cross-border digital payment and marketing solutions, is striving to provide cash-free and mobile-friendly travel experiences for Asian tourists in the Chinese mainland “as it seeks to partner with more merchants and enable greater QR code connectivity.” Starting from January 8,… Read More

Booking and Payments Platform WeTravel Appoints CEO, Co-Founder Moves to CPO

WeTravel—an integrated booking and payments platform built to automate and optimize the operational necessitates of multi-day tour operators—announced the appointment of Ted Clements to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and the migration of Johannes Koeppel, WeTravel’s co-founder, from CEO to the newly-created Chief Product Officer (CPO)… Read More

Fintech Airwallex, Agoda to Support Hong Kong Business Travelers

With the surging demand of international business travel, global fintech platform Airwallex is partnering with Agoda, a global digital travel platform, “to make travel planning easier for Hong Kong SMEs and startups.” As mentioned in the announcement, Airwallex Hong Kong customers will “be able to… Read More

Virgin Voyages Welcomes Fintech Paysafe Aboard for Online Payments

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a payments platform, announced a partnership with Virgin Voyages, Richard Branson’s lifestyle travel brand “focused on delivering irresistible cruise vacations for adult travelers.” Paysafe will “ensure travelers can quickly and securely pay online for their next cruise with Virgin Voyages, whose payments… Read More

inCruises, Brightwell to Expand Cross-Border Payment Offerings

Brightwell, an Atlanta-based global payments technology company, announced that inCruises, an “exclusive” travel membership program serving 100 million partners worldwide that gives people expanded access to travel experiences, has integrated Brightwell’s ReadyRemit* platform, “powered by Brightwell’s international payment partners, to offer cross-border payments to its… Read More

Pacaso Teams Up with Alto, Surf Air to Offer Travel Options to Second Homeowners

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home, announced partnerships with Alto, an elevated on-demand rideshare company, and Surf Air, a regional air travel company working to accelerate the adoption of green aviation, “to offer families effortless… Read More

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