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( ARC) payment standards – are more than 50 years old and were created without any of these new concepts in mind. They are also extremely hard to update, as some more than 70,000 airlines and travel distribution participants around the world currently depend on them and would need to adjust in an orchestrated way.
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» The travel payments community is very small, with many of the experts in the industry forming an almost family-like network.
“Suddenly, payments and the processing of refunds moved into the strategic spotlight and there have been no signs of this slowing down since – payments have remained a strategic business lever”
Thomas Helldorff VP for Airlines and Travel Global Payments fintechmagazine. com
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