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Strengthens long-standing commercial relationship.
Enhances the customer experience through integrated card-present and ecommerce payment capabilities.
Customers now enjoy a flexible range of payment methods, including all major cards, local payment methods, and digital wallets.
London, UK: 26th November 2024
Planet, a global provider of integrated payments and technology solutions, has announced a three-year contract extension with Flowbird, a global leader in urban mobility, offering advanced solutions in parking, transport and mobile services.
Flowbird’s leading solutions span 6,000 cities across 80 countries, processing over two billion parking and transport transactions every year.
Building on the existing partnership, this new agreement significantly expands Planet’s role from providing payments gateway services, to delivering a comprehensive range of payments solutions across both card-present and ecommerce channels.
The partnership will streamline payment processes through Flowbird’s mobility apps, parking meters and transport ticket vending machines, offering a unified solution across all payment options including unattended terminals, EV charging stations and digital transactions.
Customers will also benefit from enhanced payments security and fraud prevention, offline authorisation and a dedicated Flowbird support programme.
Through the partnership, Flowbird is now able to offer a full range of flexible payment methods including all major cards, local payment methods and digital wallets.
Colin Close, Chief Commercial Officer at Planet, said: “We’re thrilled to strengthen our long-standing partnership with Flowbird through this strategic extension to our existing relationship. We’re making the payments process seamless for operators and end customers by integrating our full suite of payment services with Flowbird’s mobility solutions.
“Through this partnership, we’re committed to supporting the ever-evolving needs of the urban mobility sector.”
Christophe Evrot, Managing Director Flowbird UP, said: “We’re particularly excited to have extended our partnership with Planet. It means we can now commonly offer our customers a fully integrated solution covering all verticals of our businesses with unattended payment for parking and transit, EV charging and mobile payments. This will allow cross and omnichannel scenarios, taking advantage of Planet’s processing and acquiring capabilities.”
About Planet
Planet is a global provider of integrated technology and payments solutions for retail and hospitality customers. We create great experiences for the millions of people who use our payments, software, and tax-free solutions every minute of every day.
Planet empowers its customers to deliver great customer experiences by combining payments and software in ways that drive greater loyalty, increase revenue and save time.
Founded over 35 years ago and with our headquarters in London, today we have more than 2,500 employees located across six continents serving our customers in over 120 markets.
About Flowbird
Flowbird Group’s solutions are used in 6,000 cities in 80 countries to make journeys effortless. The company's relentless desire is to enable mobility through frictionless technology, which gives back time to us all. Flowbird is dedicated to developing end-to-end solutions that are used to support mobility policy and make a positive impact.
Website: https://www.flowbird.com/
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