Fly TAP with Yapital: TAP Portuguese Airlines Successfully Integrates Yapital as a Mobile Payment Solution

LUXEMBOURG, June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Star Alliance member TAP launches smartphone payments for its online booking systems in Germany, Luxembourg and Austria 

Leading airline TAP Portugal today announced that they have successfully integrated Yapital, Europe's first cross-channel mobile payment solution, as a payment option on its homepages in Germany, Luxembourg and Austria.

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TAP customers simply need to register for free on http://www.yapital.com to create their Yapital account. When booking a ticket from the TAP booking platforms http://www.flytap.com in Germany, Luxembourg or Austria, customers can now choose Yapital as a payment method. They then simply scan the QR code with the PIN-secured Yapital smartphone app and click on "confirm" - that's it. All ticket purchases are listed straight away in a transaction overview inside the Yapital app.

Carlos Paneiro, TAP's Vice President Commercial, comments: "The integration of Yapital onto our booking platforms went extremely quickly and we believe this partnership with Yapital illustrates TAP's commitment to provide multichannel and innovative responses to the changing evolution of consumers' lifestyles."

Neil Scoble, Head of International Sales at Yapital, comments: "We're happy to have made this step into the airline industry. By integrating Yapital's cross-channel mobile payment solution, TAP shows yet again that they are a leader when it comes to embracing new technologies and implementing services that are in line with consumer trends."

Press release issued  by
Yapital Financial AG
5 Rue Eugène Ruppert
L-2453 Luxembourg

About Yapital Financial AG 

Yapital is the first European, cashless cross-channel payment solution operating across all channels: in-store, mobile, online and by invoice. Operation is easy, fast and secure: following online registration, the user can immediately make payments, send and receive money with Yapital, across all channels. Payments with Yapital are transferred in real-time, leading to process reliability and a reduction in administrative costs for business partners. In addition, Yapital seamlessly covers all trade and service channels, thus enabling marketing channels to be converted into sales channels. Business customers can therefore not only reduce costs with Yapital, but can also simultaneously open up new revenue potential.

Yapital was established in 2011 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Otto Group. Yapital Financial AG is licensed in Luxembourg as an Electronic Money Institution.

More information on Yapital:
Homepage: http://www.yapital.com
Blog: http://www.yapital.info
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/yapital
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yapital

Contact
Martin Zander
Yapital Financial AG
Tel.: +352-203-10-111
Email: press@yapital.com

About TAP Portugal  

TAP Portugal is the leading Portuguese airline, in operation since 1945. As a member of Star Alliance, the largest global airline alliance, TAP has offered its customers worldwide reach since 2005. Its hub in Lisbon is a key European gateway at the crossroads between Africa and North and South America, where TAP stands out as the international leading carrier with service to Brazil. The company's network comprises 84 destinations in 34 countries worldwide. TAP currently operates over 2,250 weekly flights with a modern fleet of 61 Airbus aircraft, and some 16 smaller aircraft operated under PGA, TAP´s regional carrier, thus totalling a 77-aircraft fleet. TAP continuously strives to deliver safe, reliable and high-quality products and services tailored to meet customer expectations. Retaining the Portuguese character of the brand, high-quality service has been the main driver of the TAP strategy. Recognised and awarded by the World Travel Awards in 2012 as the World's Leading Airline to Africa and South America, TAP was also honoured by UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences with the IYPE "Planet Earth Award 2010" in the "Most Innovative Sustainable Product" category, in recognition of the achievements of TAP´s Carbon Offset Program, the first one launched worldwide in partnership with IATA.

More information on TAP Portugal:
Homepage: http://www.flytap.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taportugal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TAPPortugal

Contact
Media and Public Relations Office
TAP Portugal
Tel.: +351-218-416-017
Email: gcrp@tap.pt

Please find the press release online here.