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Airlines Turn to Orchestration as Consumer Payments Preferences Multiply
(SOURCE: PYMNTS)

As talk in payments circles turns more and more to localization and alternative payment methods (APMs), smart routing and payments orchestration is stepping up as a solution to the soft declines and complex billing issues that attend air travel, especially international.

To that end, London-based FinTech CellPoint recently announced its latest airline deal, this time with Icelandair, as more carriers seek to simplify the tangle of familiar card schemes, APMs, and mushrooming local payment methods for efficiency and savings.

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Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

Canada - Adverse winter weather forecast across the north-central US and south-central Canada through March 22. Hazardous travel conditions likely.

Germany - Unionized public transport workers extend strike in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Germany, March 21-22. Travel disruptions ongoing.

India - Officials in India continue increased security measures across Punjab State and extend internet and SMS service restrictions in some areas.

United Kingdom - Unionized security staff at London Heathrow Airport, UK, to strike March 31-April 9; airport and flight disruptions likely.

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