Elavon Launches New Payments Interface for Hospitality Industry
June 25 2024 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
From the spa to the front desk, API streamlines payments for
hotels and related merchants
Elavon, one of the world’s largest payments processors, today
announces the launch of Elavon Cloud Payments Interface, a new API
that simplifies managing the digital and in-person payments
experience for hotels and other hospitality-related businesses.
“Elavon Cloud Payments Interface helps continue digital
transformation across the hospitality industry by enhancing guest
experiences, streamlining operations and providing real-time safe
and secure data synchronization. This lets us focus on the payment
and allows our merchants to focus on delivering exceptional
service,” said Pari Sawant, global chief product officer at Elavon.
“This system cuts the cord and enables a smoother experience by
enabling guests to charge for meals and services wherever they
are.”
At its core, Elavon Cloud Payments Interface embeds payments
conveniently and safely for both guests and merchants. For guests,
it simplifies the ability to pay anywhere, anytime while protecting
their payment data and information. For hospitality businesses in
the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, this cloud-based system scales
payments and supports third-party payments providers, while being
PCI compliant.
Advantages the system provides business owners and franchisees
include:
- Integrated Guest Experiences: Bring payment capabilities
to every stage of the guest journey, from booking reservations to
checking-out and leverage transactions and updates reflected across
PMS and POS devices in real-time. System offers full support of
contactless and mobile payments.
- Cloud Transformation and Developer Experience: The
RESTful API allows straightforward integration and development of
cloud-based software tools to accept payments. Allows integration
with third party payments providers.
- Device Integration and Scale: Easily add new locations
and devices, pairing without significant infrastructure changes or
investments through the cloud.
- Enhanced Security: Delivering Elavon’s robust suite of
fraud protection capabilities from the start of
implementation.
- Compliance: Automatic software updates systems are
always up-to-date with latest features and patches.
For more about Elavon Cloud Payments Interface, visit the
Developer Portal here.
About Elavon
Elavon is owned by U.S. Bank (NYSE: USB), the fifth-largest bank
in the United States, and provides end-to-end payment processing
solutions and services to more than 1.3 million customers in the
United States, Europe, and Canada. As the leading provider for
airlines and a top five provider in hospitality, healthcare,
retail, and public sector/education, Elavon’s innovative payment
solutions are designed to solve pain points for businesses from
small to the largest global enterprises.
About U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp, with more than 70,000 employees and $684 billion
in assets as of March 31, 2024, is the parent company of U.S. Bank
National Association. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the company
serves millions of customers locally, nationally and globally
through a diversified mix of businesses including consumer banking,
business banking, commercial banking, institutional banking,
payments and wealth management. U.S. Bancorp has been recognized
for its approach to digital innovation, community partnerships and
customer service, including being named one of the 2024 World’s
Most Ethical Companies and Fortune’s most admired superregional
bank. Learn more at usbank.com/about.
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