By Adam Perrotta, BTNUATP has launched a virtual card issuance and delivery platform powered by Conferma Pay. Integrated directly at point of sale in all major global distribution systems, more than 100 booking tools and 500 travel management companies, the service is...
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Why Airlines Need To Get Their Wheels Up On Alt Payments
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 and other travel vertical players must wrap their minds around when it comes to thinking beyond card...
UATP Bolsters Exec Team after Record 2018
By Adam Perrotta, BTNFresh off a record-breaking 2018, UATP has added four members to its executive team as it grows its corporate charge card and alternative forms of payment processing business areas.Zach Ornelas will lead the global network sales department as VP,...
Airline Payment Network UATP Hires New Chief Legal Officer
By Phillip Bantz | February 05, 2019Airline-owned payment network Universal Air Travel Plan Inc. has appointed Dave Goldwin, former in-house attorney for WebMD LLC, as its new chief legal officer.Dave Goldwin will represent the company on commercial and legal affairs,...
The Big Story: Future Tense — Unlocking Blockchain Mysteries
Distributed ledgers is a concept set to revolutionize the world of business – and business travelBy Keith LoriaThe tectonic plates of technology are continually shifting and travel professionals know to in order to keep their footing, they need to stay on top of these...
The Big Story: Future Tense — Payment Solutions
Today’s expense technology is transforming travel processes from beginning to endBy Bryan YurcanTechnology marches inexorably onward, and for corporate travel and expense programs, that march is increasingly away from physical plastic cards and toward virtual forms of...
UATP CEO Sees Alternative Payments Taking Flight With Airlines
The busiest days of the travel season are in sight. Millions will trek to their families, possibly grumbling all the while as the holidays fast approach. Millions of corporate road warriors are embarking on their final sprints toward drumming up new business,...
UATP Embraces B2B Payment Changes
It’s the oldest payments network in the world that you might not be familiar with. Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) is the oldest payments network in the world — 83 years and counting — and handles an estimated 15 percent of the global air travel market, with 80...
B2B Payments Why Alt Payments Give Airlines And OTAs A Boost
Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) is the oldest payments network in the world, 83 years and counting. However, unless one happens to work in a big company and have their travel booked through a managed travel department, chances are they’ve never heard of the network....
What Do Alipay & WeChat Pay Mean for Corporate Payments?
By JoAnn DeLuna Merchants around the world now enable the millions of outbound Chinese tourists to pay for items as they can do at home. These merchants now accept the two most widely used Chinese mobile apps: Alipay and WeChat Pay. These apps "are processing 10 to 11...
