point.me Launches Gateway Platform to Streamline Award Travel Booking Within Financial Institutions
point.me has launched Gateway, an integrated platform that enables banks, fintechs, and loyalty programs to offer award travel booking directly within their own apps or websites. The solution allows customers to search for flights, compare points-and-cash options in real time, transfer miles, and book trips without leaving the issuer's ecosystem. This addresses a growing challenge as over 80% of U.S. consumers have never transferred loyalty points due to complexity. Gateway aims to simplify redemption by embedding point.me’s technology into partners' platforms, reducing implementation timelines to just 60 days—significantly faster than building in-house solutions. The platform is already being adopted by companies like B2Bpay and Flying Blue (Air France-KLM), expanding access to travel rewards for their users. From a market perspective, Gateway enhances the value proposition of loyalty programs while strengthening partnerships between financial institutions and airlines or hotel chains.
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