Virtual payment specialist Conferma Pay is offering a new option for organizations making virtual card payments to hotels within its Connect platform, adding a direct payment channel to its previously existing secure email and API options.
Built in partnership with digital payment technology provider NTT Data, the new service enables virtual card numbers to be sent directly to a hotel's property management and payment acceptance systems. That model, known as straight through processing (STP), eliminates the need for hotel staff to manually enter virtual card numbers delivered via secure email, API or fax—thereby increasing efficiency and security and reducing the chance of error, Conferma said.
The new direct payment option is a bid to further streamline the use of virtual payments in the hotel space; while secure email and API delivery obviated the need to fax virtual card information to a property, STP automates the entire payment delivery process, according to Conferma.
Conferma Pay Connect will continue to offer the secure email and API virtual payment delivery options, the company said. Along with those channels, Conferma continues to focus on the delivery and use of virtual cards through its mobile app, which can be accepted via contactless payment systems at hotel front desks, and subsequently used for additional expenses during the course of a trip.