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TripActions to Become UATP Merchant
Relationship will aid in dealing with record number of trip cancellations. UATP announced that TripActions, the corporate travel and spend management platform, has become the latest merchant to join the UATP Network. UATP is a global payment network owned and operated...

Digital Transactions News Briefs from 2/23/21
Travel-management firm TripActions has joined the UATP travel-payment network as a merchant. UATP enables payments for airlines, Amtrak, and travel agencies. Gateway provider NMI said it acquired USAePay in a deal that will strengthen NMI’s coverage in verticals,...

TripActions Joins UATP Acceptance Network
UATP has added TripActions to its merchant network, enabling UATP member-issued payment cards and accounts to be used as a form of payment for bookings made via the TripActions platform, the company announced. The airline-owned UATP network in 2019 began allowing...

Travel Procurement: Turning Travel Banks Into Good Works
Like many organizations with managed travel programs, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation amid the Covid-19 pandemic found itself with an excess of unused air tickets far outweighing its travel needs for the foreseeable future. Asking for refunds, however, didn’t...

Delta Works With Bill Gates Foundation to Donate Unused Airline Tickets
Delta Air Lines has been working with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to turn unused airline tickets by the organization into donations to a variety of charities, the carrier said today. Because of the coronavirus pandemic and a severe reduction in business...

BTN’s 2020 25 Most Influential: Ralph Kaiser, UATP President and CEO
For any supplier, unlocking the massive potential of the Chinese market requires serving travelers there on their own terms—especially when it comes to payments, with ubiquitous mobile payment services like Alipay, WeChat Pay and China UnionPay occupying central roles...

Delta Maintains Winning Streak Amid Covid Challenges
For the 10th year in a row, travel buyers rated Delta Air Lines as the top carrier in BTN’s Airline Survey, atop a tide of improved buyer satisfaction with airlines even as they faced a near total evaporation of corporate travel demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic....

Digital Transactions News Briefs from 11/12/20
UATP, a payments processor for multiple airlines, said it has linked with installment-payments provider Fly Now Pay Later to allow passengers to buy tickets in installments. Card-present and card-not-present transactions for small businesses in the CardFlight Small...

In Conversation: Airline Partnerships in 2021
Where are the opportunities and how will travel managers need to work with their airline partners moving into 2021? One thing is sure, historical data isn’t the answer. In addition, airlines have changed key policies and will be flexible with buyers who can offer...

Adapting Technology for the New Normal
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on corporate travel has been seismic, to say the least. The landscape has shifted suddenly and the ecosystem—more fragile than anyone anticipated—has been severely disrupted. Business travel and procurement professionals have been...