UATP inks contactless payments partnership with Paymagnet

UATP, the global travel payments network, announced Tuesday that it has inked a partnership with Paymagnet, the contactless payments company, to supply its member airlines with the ability to accept contactless card payments within an airline’s mobile app or on an NFC-enabled smartphone. In a press release, UATP said it has 15 member airlines, and the ones currently using the service include Aer Lingus, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Lufthansa German Airlines, Qantas Airways, Ltd. and Scandinavian Airlines Systems. Read more: pymnts.com