Thomas Cook India Partners With Mastercard, Google Pay For Contactless Forex Payments

Thomas Cook (India) Limited has introduced contactless cross-border payments via Google Pay and Mastercard, addressing the growing demand for seamless international transactions. Thomas Cook’s pioneering initiative with Google Pay enables Indians to make secure overseas payments via their mobile device across accommodation, transport, dining, shopping and more. This eliminates the need to carry physical cards, reducing the stress of card loss/theft, replacement hassles, or the need for emergency cash.

The contactless Tap-and-Pay/online feature is available across Thomas Cook’s suite of prepaid forex cards — Borderless Travel, One Currency, Study Buddy and EnterpriseFX — offering both an additional layer of security via tokenisation and extensive access at more than 270 million Mastercard merchant locations. Customers merely need to add their Thomas Cook forex cards to Google Pay for a simple, swift, secure and seamless payment experience.

Key Benefits:

• Seamless addition of Thomas Cook’s range of forex prepaid cards to Google Pay
• Contactless and quick payments via a handheld device
• Enhanced security with tokenisation
• Global access – transact smoothly and seamlessly at 270 million merchant locations and online
• Avoids having to carry a physical card, thus avoiding the stress of card loss/theft/replacement and the need for emergency cash