Thomas Cook India partners with Mastercard for Google Pay payments
The partnership and product launch are likely to have a moderate impact on the company's business, as it expands payment options for customers and enhances their experience.
The press release announces a partnership with Mastercard and Google Pay to launch a new contactless payment solution, which is a positive development for the company.
* Thomas Cook (India) Limited has partnered with Mastercard to enable contactless cross-border payments on Google Pay for its entire suite of Forex Cards. * This allows Indians to make secure overseas payments via their mobile devices for accommodation, transport, dining, shopping, and more, eliminating the need to carry physical cards. * The contactless Tap-and-Pay/online feature is available across Thomas Cook’s suite of prepaid forex cards: Borderless Travel, One Currency, Study Buddy, and EnterpriseFX. * This offers an additional layer of security via tokenization and extensive access at more than 270 million Mastercard merchant locations. * Customers can add their Thomas Cook forex cards to Google Pay for a simple, swift, secure, and seamless payment experience. * Mr. Deepesh Varma, Executive Vice President - Foreign Exchange, Thomas Cook (India) Limited said, “Today’s Indian traveller demands simple, real -time and secure digital so lutions for their overseas payment s. We are delighted to lead the charge in embracing digital innovation via the launch of our contactless payment solutions in collaboration with Google Pay and Mastercard."
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Thomas Cook (India) Limited filed this with the NSE as a statutory disclosure, categorised under strategic partnerships. It is a primary document, not a recommendation, and the desk marks it medium impact: worth reading, rarely worth acting on by itself.
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