Payments are seeing continual innovation with compelling new capabilities being developed to improve everything from payments acceptance to FX services and security, many of which are ideally suited to travel.
However, it’s often challenging for travel companies to identify, benchmark, contract and integrate new capabilities into their multi-market payments set-ups, slowing the adoption of innovation across the sector.
Outpayce from Amadeus has launched the first-ever payments marketplace dedicated to the travel industry, designed to simplify how airlines discover, integrate, and optimize payment solutions.
Developed in collaboration with leading airlines, this marketplace allows Outpayce’s airline customers to browse, filter, and compare capabilities from hundreds of global payment partners, with more to be added over time. Airlines can assess country coverage, currency support, and service availability, all with live transaction data from Outpayce’s XPP, reducing decision-making time.
Once a new capability is selected, airlines can seamlessly initiate activation and update payment orchestration flows to ensure efficient real-time payment routing. Payment providers can now integrate with Outpayce via newly available APIs, cutting integration timelines significantly and enabling airlines to quickly expand payment options to match evolving traveler and market needs.
Jean-Christophe Lacour, global head of product management and delivery at Outpayce, emphasized the marketplace’s role in accelerating payments innovation: “With our Marketplace Catalog, airlines can easily identify partners, backed by live transaction data, to confidently expand payment methods across new regions.”
Currently accessible to Outpayce airline customers through the Xchange Payments Platform, the marketplace will continue expanding with more partners, services, and products. Payment providers interested in joining can apply via the Outpayce website.
