ARC offers card processing for direct-connect transactions
Travel Weekly, Robert Silk
ARC has expanded its suite of automated credit card processing services to include transactions processed via an API (application programming interface).
The move, explained ARC's director of payment products Joseph Cavanagh, will position ARC for an anticipated increase in direct connect transactions within the travel industry as use of IATA's New Distribution Capability (NDC) expands.
"We want to get out in front of that," Cavanagh said. "We wanted to make sure that we have an avenue available for agencies and aggregators if they want to go down that road."