Today’s travelers are demanding more options than ever to coordinate their holidays and business trips. In accordance with this trend, our exciting growth in the online travel industry continues to gain momentum.
Most recently, we announced partnerships with high-profile merchants using the POLi platform, Etihad Airways (the national airline of the United Arab Emirates) and Cathay Pacific. All three now offer POLi as an alternative payment solution for international travel. This is in addition to our already impressive list of clients that includes airline giants Air New Zealand, Virgin, Jet Star and Air Asia.
Why do airlines use POLi?
Airlines love using POLi because it provides their customers with the option of a direct bank transfer when making reservations online. We know that over 40% of our customer base own a credit card, but there remains a strong preference for the convenience of a direct bank transfer. For a variety of reasons many favour this method over a credit card transaction.
Additionally, POLi provides a secure and reliable purchase option for those who don’t hold a credit card. This way, all customers are able to take advantage of pricing differentials for online purchases.
Offering reliable online payments nationwide
Now you can travel all of New Zealand using POLi’s convenient and safe payment system. You can even use POLi for travel on InterCity, Naked Bus and the Interislander.
InterCity is a perfect example of how POLi is proving itself almost instantly. When they launched the new system in September 2010 customers began using the bank transfer option within the first few minutes of it going live. InterCity has continued to experience growth with POLi with bank transfer transactions up 30% year on year.
We’re growing in lots of other sectors too
Growth for POLi is not isolated to the travel industry. We have experienced a notable lift of 52% in overall customer transactions FY13 to FY14. Additionally, POLi had significant growth in their number of merchants by 83% during the same period.
We’ve been fortunate to have loyal early adopters to POLi that have stayed with us. Now we’re beginning to see the rewards of our earlier years paying off. Every day more merchants and consumers are choosing the convenience of direct real-time bank transfers when shopping online.
POLi’s solutions are one of the best in the market. It is not only easy to use, but it also broadens the appeal of online shopping to a wider demographic than just those that have a credit card.
For Media Enquiries Contact:
Jeff Skidmore,
POLi, Payments
+ 64 21 485318
jeff.skidmore@polipay.co.nz
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