SafeCharge International Group Ltd Kiwi.com partners with SafeCharge
January 15 2019 - 7:50AM
RNS Non-Regulatory
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SafeCharge International Group Ltd
15 January 2019
Fast-growing travel technology company Kiwi.com take off towards
a smoother payment experience with SafeCharge
Kiwi.com, online travel provider specialising in virtual
interlining, rolls out SafeCharge Payments Engine to seamlessly
accept payments from travellers anywhere in the world
LONDON, UK - January 15, 2019 - SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), the
payments partner of choice for businesses who demand more from
payments technology, today announced it has partnered with
Kiwi.com, the fast-growing online travel business providing flight
and vehicle transportation services. The collaboration will enable
Kiwi.com to provide a smooth payment experience for travellers
worldwide and accept a full range of traditional and alternative
payment methods. Thanks to its direct connections to major card
schemes as well as to over 150 local payment methods, SafeCharge
drives higher payment conversions by offering Kiwi.com customers
their preferred payment methods.
As one of the fastest-growing online travel agencies in the
world, Kiwi.com pioneered its Virtual Interlining Technology which
can analyse over 15 billion flight combinations - from
non-cooperating airlines - into a single itinerary, to provide the
best customer experience within any given budget. With the need to
match increasingly different booking experiences from customers
around the globe, Kiwi.com has furthered its mission to make
travelling simpler and more accessible by investing in the latest
payments technology.
"In today's globalised world, providing a flexible travel
platform that can adapt to passengers' varying travel needs is
vital to success. To offer the best experience possible to our
global customer base, we needed a payments technology provider who
not only shared our ambitious mindset, but also possessed a
knowledge of cross-border payments," said Juraj Striezenec, Chief
Financial Officer at Kiwi.com. "By partnering with SafeCharge, we
are able to take advantage of a solid payments technology
infrastructure that will ultimately enable us to grow and expand
into other markets."
"We were looking for a payment partner able to provide global
acquiring with a wide portfolio of global solutions", adds Natália
Čermáková, Payment Specialist at Kiwi.com "Our partnership with
SafeCharge will allow us to offer to our clients more payment
products, more currencies and an improved overall customer
experience. This is key for a company as Kiwi.com that aims to
quickly roll out in new markets".
SafeCharge will be providing local and international payment
processing services under one roof, enabling Kiwi.com to easily
manage its global transaction flows and giving the most secure and
easy way for a passenger to book a holiday. By providing a seamless
checkout experience, Kiwi.com will be able to increase conversion
rates and scale up internationally.
David Avgi, CEO at SafeCharge, added, "with digital shopping
increasing dramatically in volume, omnichannel experience is
becoming a must for the next generation travellers. And with the
rise of local payment preferences, it is important for merchants to
fine-tune their payments strategies to streamline the shopping
experience for customers around the world. This partnership once
again demonstrates the capabilities of our native payments platform
as the ideal solution for travel businesses demanding flexible
solutions to grow and expand internationally."
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About SafeCharge
SafeCharge International Group Limited (AIM: SCH), is the
payment service partner for the world's most demanding businesses.
SafeCharge provides global omni-channel payments services from card
acquiring and issuing to payment processing and checkout, all
underpinned by advanced risk management solutions. This fully
featured proprietary payment platform connects directly to all
major payment card schemes including Visa, Mastercard, American
Express and Union Pay as well as over 150 local payment methods.
With offices around the world, SafeCharge serves a diversified,
blue chip client base and is a trusted payment partner for
customers across a range of vertical markets. The company has been
listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM market since 2014. For more
information see:
http://www.safecharge.com/
About KIWI
Kiwi.com (formally known as SkyPicker) was founded in 2012 by
Oliver Dlouhý and Jozef Képesi. The travel tech company was created
for travellers by travellers. Powered by its proprietary algorithm
that allows users to combine flights from over 500 airlines
(virtual interlining), including many that do not normally
cooperate, and its industry-leading Kiwi.com Guarantee, it is one
of the fastest growing technology company in Central Europe. It
entered the 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA list in 7th
place, becoming the highest ever ranked Czech company. Today, the
company sees more than 90 million flight searches every day and
employs over 2400 people worldwide. Accumulating more than 10, 000
daily bookings, the company generated 700 million Euros turnover in
2017 and is still growing. 2018 saw the launch of NOMAD, a
revolutionary new way to combine cheap flights and Tequila, the new
B2B platform is for partners of all sizes. In the second
consecutive year, Kiwi.com was named the best Start-up of the Czech
Republic by the Czech Forbes Magazine (June 2018).
Contacts
Michela Toffali
Senior Marcom Manager SafeCharge
michelat@safecharge.com
+31 6 18945522
Francesco Tius
PR for SafeCharge
safecharge@axicom.com
+44 7921 058 736
Kiwi.com Press Office
pr@kiwi.com
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