Ixaris Payments for Travel

Online travel agencies

OTAs use Ixaris Payments’ extensive virtual card portfolio to increase margins by up to 25%.

Global distribution systems

Leading GDS’s Sabre and Amadeus partner with Ixaris to bring our industry-leading innovations to 80% of the travel market.

Bed banks

Ixaris Payments helps bed banks make smarter payment choices.

Destination management companies

DMCs use Ixaris Payments’ virtual cards to minimise overheads and maximise profits.

Travel management companies

TMCs use Ixaris Payments to optimise their supplier payments.

Aggregators

Aggregators generate value from every payment with Ixaris Payments.

How it works

Ixaris Payments is a virtual card platform that optimises your payments to airlines, hotels and other suppliers, unlocking working capital and generating new revenue streams.

Airline payments
Hotel payments

1

Transfer money to your Ixaris account

Twenty-four currencies. Unique virtual IBANs and local funding methods supported.

2

Create virtual cards instantly

Choose from an extensive and scheme agnostic portfolio of single and multi-use cards.

3

Pay suppliers

Over 200 Visa and Mastercard currencies.

4

Generate new revenue

Earn cashback rewards on the airline payments you already make.

1

Day of Hotel Booking

Create a virtual card

Load it immediately, or unlock working capital by scheduling a virtual card load on or near the date hotel payment is due.

2

Day of Hotel Booking

Send card to hotel

Download your card, or send securely by personalised email.

3

Before Hotel Payment Due

Check account balance

Daily email alerts project the account balance required for successful scheduled card loads.

4

After hotel settlement

Reconcile faster

Reduce your admin effort. Easily attach and match card numbers to booking references. Automatically empty and destroy cards.

5

Generate new revenue

Earn cashback rewards on the hotel payments you already make.

Ixaris are travel payment experts

Always innovating

We don’t just add value. We continuously drive it. From launching Europe’s first virtual cards to shaping the future of airline payments, innovation is in our DNA.

Optimisation obsessed

We transform overlooked opportunities into earnings for our clients. Our research and smart adaptation cut airline merchant fees, back office overheads and more.

Made to measure

Get started in as little as two weeks. Ixaris Payments’ virtual card platform is flexible to fit your needs and volumes. As it should be.

Smarter payments better margins

Maximise your profits with better cash flow, leaner overheads and fewer fees.

Unlock working capital

Schedule virtual card loads ’just in time’ for supplier charges to maximise your working capital.

Generate new revenue

Convert your payment expenses into earnings with virtual card rewards.

Increase acceptance

Maximise airline acceptance with our extensive portfolio of Visa and Mastercard virtual cards.

Minimise fraud

Fight fraud with single use cards and individual card limits. Cards with scheduled loads are ‘empty’ while suppliers hold them. You can even automatically empty and destroy cards after use.

Automate reconciliation

Reconcile faster with fewer mistakes. Use a unique card per booking, and easily attach and match booking references to payments.

Close funding gaps

Reduce funding gap from 3 days to 1 day. Acquirers settle directly to your Ixaris account balance with our innovative straight through funding feature.

Avoid FX fees

Match acquiring and payment currencies with 24 funding account currencies. Create same-currency cards to reduce your FX exposure.

Protect your payments

If a supplier fails, recover payments through chargebacks. With over 10 years of industry experience, our chargeback success rate is 99.98%.