Freecharge expands footprint into travel and hospitality sector

Freecharge has announced its partnership with Cleartrip. With this partnership, travellers can now pay for their flight tickets, hotel bookings, train tickets etc in less than 10 seconds, making the experience swifter and seamless.

With this partnership, Freecharge has entered the biggest segment in travel, by adding its fast and secure digital payments solution to help consumers complete on-line transactions in a seamless manner. The Freecharge wallet has a nearly 99% success rate, which helps sharply reduce the online payments failure rate, leading to more successful online bookings.

Speaking on the partnership, Govind Rajan, Chief Operating Officer, Freecharge said, “After carving a mark across 15 sectors, we have now forayed into the travel space with this partnership. Cleartrip has transformed the habit of consumers online travel bookings by being a one-stop shop for all their needs. With this tie-up, Freecharge will take this experience a step further, providing consumers with a means to complete their transactions on the-the-go, at a lightning speed. We are moving towards building an ecosystem for merchants to make consumers’ daily payments frictionless and convenient.”

Subramanya Sharma – Chief Marketing Officer at Cleartrip said, “Cleartrip is synonymous with creating simple travel experiences, supported by a market-leading approach to technology. A step in that direction is our association with FreeCharge, a partner which has a similar philosophy in the payment space. We’re confident that this will extend the comprehensiveness of our platform and help Cleartrip customers transact with the payment instrument of their choice. “

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