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Germany-based payment specialist Airplus International has made its Company Account available on Uber for Business, facilitating payments for travel.

Ride-hailing specialist Uber now is accepting AirPlus Company Account as a form of payment for journeys and other services.

Provider is first rideshare platform to join UATP Network

Business travelers have a new way of getting around, with Uber for Business now accepting German FinTech Airplus International’s AirPlus Company Account.

Uber now is accepting AirPlus Company Accounts as a form of payment, the company announced.

With both regulatory and consumer-focused changed on the horizon in the payments industry, BTN sought opinions from four senior executives in the corporate payment space—Grasp head of product and innovation Michael Duffy; UATP president, CEO and chairman Ralph Kaiser; HRS Pay CEO Kurt Knackstedt; and ARC director of payments Jennifer Watkins—to gauge how those issues could shape corporate payment trends in the coming years. An edited transcript of their responses follows. Check back Wednesday for the second installment.

UATP President and CEO Ralph Kaiser outlines today’s expanded options and the future trends in global payment solutions

With airline change fees gone, automated reshopping for lower ticket prices can be a real cost saver

Airline content aggregator startup DRCT is positioning itself as a “neo-airline,” connecting its airline partners directly to travel sellers with AI technology to optimize demand and pricing, including New Distribution Capability content.

New Distribution Capability is an API protocol that airlines are adopting to take control over their third party distribution and reduce their reliance on legacy intermediary technology, mainly provided by Global Distribution Systems or GDSs.