Tagged: travel

July 21, 2021 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut, a neo-bank currently serving over 16 million customers, has added a new travel feature, “Stays,” that it expects to provide £70 million to its customers in a 10% cashback scheme for UK and European customers. As the world attempt to turn the corner on… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital investment platform Robo.cash reveals that it performed a survey in order to examine the most common spending habits or patterns among consumers. According to an update from Robo.cash, the “overwhelming” majority of European investors plan to include summer vacation as a major part of… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Booking.com reveals that it has formed a new internal Fintech division in order to support access to the firm’s global travel marketplace for clients and partners. As an international digital commerce firm with business operations in almost every country and city, Booking.com’s goal behind creating… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 11:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  American Express recently announced it is giving its U.S. consumer card members the option to Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) for their air travel. American Express reported that members may now book flights at AmexTravel.com and pay later using Plan It at checkout “Integrating Plan It directly into the checkout experience will… Read More

April 19, 2021 @ 3:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Less than two years after raising more than £1.2 million through its previous Seedrs campaign, Much Better Adventures, a UK-based traveling platform, has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and has quickly surpassed its £800,000 funding target. The funding round has already attracted nearly 725 Seedrs… Read More

January 13, 2021 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced earlier this week it has teamed up with Booking.com to deliver travel deals to all Crypto.com users, available exclusively inside the Crypto.com App. According to Crypto.com, users who make Booking.com reservations in the App can now enjoy up to 25% off… Read More

November 19, 2020 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

 Travala.com, a blockchain-based travel booking service, announced on Thursday it has joined forces with cryptocurrency payments platform BitPay to power Travala.com’s new Travel Gift Cards. According to Travala.com, the collaboration will enable cryptocurrency holders to purchase gift cards redeemable for over three million travel products… Read More

October 29, 2020 @ 11:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Travala, a service that lets users pay for hotel reservations with digital currencies, has returned to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube and has successfully raised more than £830,000 in funding from nearly 490 Crowdcube investors. This latest round comes less than a year after Travala raised… Read More

July 27, 2020 @ 1:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

battleface, a UK-based insurtech, recently announced the launch of its COVID-19 travel insurance package. battleface reported that the new policy will give travelers the peace of mind they have been looking for to venture out safely, including to countries currently advised against traveling to by… Read More

May 18, 2020 @ 6:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Travel Fintech Fly Now Pay Later has raised £35 million in both debt and equity capital in s Series funding round, according to the company. As leisure and travel companies struggle during the Coronavirus crisis it appears that investors have pushed that concern aside betting… Read More

March 3, 2020 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

No Snow, No Go Insurtech Setoo is now providing coverage for customers of Issta, the largest travel agency in Israel. In a “first of its kind” service, customers can now be protected against poor skiing conditions that can ruin winter holidays. Setoo is a “Protection… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 9:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despegar (NYSE: DESP), an online travel company in Latin America, recently announced its Brazilian subsidiary Decolar launched a co-branded credit card in partnership with Visa Inc. and Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. for the Brazilian market. Despegar reported that a special feature of this new card… Read More

December 30, 2019 @ 1:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online banking and payments company i2c announced on Monday it has partnered with borderless crypto and traditional currency payment platform Wirex to delivery a multicurrency travel card for the Asia Pacific region that supports more than 150 currencies. According to i2c, Wirex travel card and… Read More

December 3, 2019 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lolli, a bitcoin rewards application for online purchases, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with traveling reservation platform Expedia to give travelers the option to earn bitcoin when they book travel reservations. Lolli reported that through this collaboration its users will be able… Read More

October 21, 2019 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Snap, a UK-based travel platform, is now seeing £1.1 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2016, Snap states that it uses technology, and the power of its community, to aggregate travel demand and match it with spare capacity from independent coach… Read More

September 20, 2019 @ 9:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with Enuygun, a Turkey-based online travel agency for flights, to optimize digital payments for Enuygun customers. Wirecard reported that it processes incoming credit card payments on Enuygun for… Read More

September 1, 2019 @ 7:00 pm By Hernan Soler  |  

They say technology is making the world smaller by facilitating shared connections, transactions, and experiences around the globe. One result of this increased global awareness and connectedness is an increased interest in travel. Though the majority of the world has never traveled by plane, the… Read More

August 26, 2019 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with European airliner SunExpress to process credit card payments in local travel agencies. Wirecard reported that within the terms of the agreement, SunExpress uses the International Air Transport… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin.com announced on Wednesday it has joined forces with online travel agency CheapAir.com to provider service for travelers using cryptocurrency. Bitcoin.com reported more than 4 million Bitcoin.com Wallet users will be able to access CheapAir.com’s booking engine from its mobile app. Both companies revealed that the… Read More

April 23, 2019 @ 12:32 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The gay travel platform misterb&b has just surpassed $800K with the help of 1240+ investors, easily bypassing its minimum target last month, with its $1M Wefunder campaign target goal in site. Last year the 500 Startups alum celebrated an $8.5M Series A round, raising $13.5M USD… Read More