Paysafe and TripGift to enable online cash payments for global gift-giving

By Megha Bhattacharya

Specialised payments platform Paysafe has announced a new partnership with global travel booking and gift card redemption platform TripGift. The collaboration will allow customers in 30 countries, including most of Europe as well as Australia, Canada, Mexico and New Zealand, to pay for travel and eLearning gift experiences using the online cash solution paysafecard.

The customer selects the amount and currency of the TripGift gift card, selects paysafecard as the payment method and enters the 16-digit code from the prepaid voucher or by using their paysafecard account.

Cary George, CEO of TripGift, added, “We are delighted to create this unique partnership expanding our global omni-channel retail reach to paysafecard customers. With the adverse impact the pandemic has had on so many people’s lives, with many special occasions being cancelled and distant loved ones and family members who have not been able to visit or see each other in over a year, we are making sure nobody is left behind. This partnership is yet another wonderful example of how we are increasing financial inclusion with exceptional digital accessibility and supporting happier family travel and online learning experiences via our websites.”

Recently, Paysafe signed a global multi-year agreement with Amazon Web Services in a bid to become a fully cloud-based payments provider. Paysafe is migrating its broad portfolio of workloads, including eCash solutions, paysafecard and Paysafecash, and its digital wallets, Skrill and NETELLER, to AWS to develop new cloud-native merchant payment and consumer wallet products for its business and consumer customers.

Udo Müller, CEO of paysafecard, said, “After more than a year of social distancing, it is important for people to have an opportunity to re-experience travel and local leisure time activities. By integrating a financially inclusive payment option for purchasing or gifting these experiences, we’re enabling TripGift® to provide easier access to more customers. Our online cash solution paysafecard allows more people to transact online conveniently and securely so they can benefit from a wide range of online products and services, which they can then enjoy offline in their day-to-day lives.”