TORONTO, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Airline and
Travel Payment Summit -- UATP announced today at the
Airline and Travel Payment Summit, a strategic partnership with
SafetyPay which will allow customers to make online payments
worldwide directly through customers' banks. By utilizing
UATP's existing airline connections, this secure form of payment
will be able to easily be integrated by the airlines, offering
another payment options for customers to pay for their airline
tickets.
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"By partnering with UATP, we are able to gain speed-to-market as
we will be able to integrate airlines with SafetyPay and begin
offering customers our e-payment option quickly," said Manuel Montero, CEO, SafetyPay. "We
responded to the global need from customers to be able to pay
directly from their bank account, in local currency. With
this new partnership, we all win."
SafetyPay is a global, secure Internet payment solution that
enables online banking customers to make online purchases from
merchants worldwide and pay directly through their local bank
account in their local currency. SafetyPay was developed in
response to the growing need for a safe and secure online payment
method, which also could be used internationally.
"Giving consumers their desired form of payment has helped in
this economy," said Ralph Kaiser,
president and CEO of UATP. "Demand remains for airline travel, but
in the last several years there has been an obvious increase for
choice in forms of payment, outside of high-cost consumer cards.
SafetyPay has tapped into that market and offer a secure
method that consumers desire; a smart business decision enabling
SafetyPay to grow organically, while expanding options for the
airlines and consumers alike."
For more information visit http://uatp.com or
http://www.safetypay.com
About UATP
UATP accounts are accepted as a form of payment for corporate
business travel worldwide by airlines, travel agencies and Amtrak®.
UATP accounts are issued by: Air New Zealand (ANZFF.PK); American
Airlines (NYSE: AMR); Austrian Airlines (AUALF.PK); China Eastern
Airlines Co., Ltd; Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL); Delta Air
Lines (NYSE:DAL); EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd; GOL Linhas aereas
inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4); Japan Airlines
(JALSY.PK); Qantas Airways, Ltd. (QUBSF. PK); United Airlines
(Nasdaq: UAL); and US Airways (NYSE: LCC).
AirPlus International issues the UATP-based Company Account for:
British Airways (LSE: BAY.L); Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL); and
Lufthansa German Airlines.
About SafetyPay
SafetyPay™ is a safe and secure e-payment solution that enables
online banking customers to make Internet purchases from merchants
worldwide and pay directly through their bank account. Customers
are never required to disclose any financial information to the
merchants or to SafetyPay, and all payment transactions are done
from within the bank's online environment.
UATP Contact:
Wendy L. Ward
Managing Director, Marketing & Communications
202-626-4077
wward@uatp.com
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