Mint Payments

12/07/2026

Booking a client on a small group tour through Japan's back roads, or a cultural journey across Vietnam and Cambodia, is part of the excitement of working in travel. Paying the operators behind these experiences shouldn't be a distraction from that journey.

Inside Travel Group, the team behind InsideJapan and InsideAsia, is now available as a supplier on MintEFT in New Zealand. Book their award-winning experiences for your clients, and enjoy the same streamlined payment experience already preferred by advisors in Australia.

InsideJapan has been guiding travellers on in-depth small group tours and tailor-made itineraries since the year 2000, helping visitors to get beneath the surface. InsideAsia brings the same specialism to cultural adventures across another 10 popular Asian destinations, including South Korea, Southeast Asia and most recently, Taiwan. Both cultural adventure brands share Inside Travel's commitment to responsible travel, putting the environment, its destinations and the people who call them home first.

Find out more about MintEFT at https://hubs.la/Q04n_kl70, and explore what InsideJapan and InsideAsia have to offer your clients at https://hubs.la/Q04n_RpQ0 and https://hubs.la/Q04n--Rz0.

18/06/2026

For travel advisors who've built their reputation on getting the details right, paying a supplier is no different. The correct amount, to the correct supplier, reconciled cleanly, without chasing it between the front desk and the back office.

So we're pleased to share that AmaWaterways is now available to pay via MintEFT on both sides of the Tasman. For New Zealand advisors, you now have a fast, secure way to book for clients, and bring them closer to the people, culture and landscapes of the world's great rivers.

And there's plenty to bring them closer to. A pioneer of modern river cruising for more than two decades, AmaWaterways sails custom-designed ships through Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and South America. Every journey balances comfort, discovery and connection, with a choice of included shore excursions, locally inspired cuisine and wellness experiences for your travellers to enjoy.

Find out more about MintEFT at https://hubs.la/Q04lGy4m0 and explore AmaWaterways experiences at https://hubs.la/Q04lGpbC0.

17/06/2026

One week until Travel Tech Show - there is still time to book a meeting with our team before the show floor opens.

If you are a travel agent, tour operator, supplier, or travel tech provider thinking about how your payment setup could work better, come and talk to us. Whether that is collecting from clients, safeguarding funds, or making sure your suppliers are paid reliably, we have built our platform around the realities global travel businesses face. We would love to talk you through what that looks like in practice.

Register for the event and book your meeting below, or come find us at stand N33 on the day.
https://hubs.la/Q04lGmjM0

10/06/2026

Travel businesses handle some of the most complex payment flows in any industry. High-value bookings, suppliers across multiple currencies and destinations, and clients who expect every detail to be handled with care.
It is the world we have built our platform around.

Mint Payments is exhibiting at Travel Tech Show for the first time this June, and we are looking forward to meeting the people running and building travel businesses.

Find us at Stand N33 at the show. We will have our team there to talk through collecting client payments, safeguarding funds, and paying suppliers — and how our platform integrates with the systems you already use.

If you are attending and would like to schedule time ahead of the show, or haven't yet registered click the link below and to get in touch.
https://hubs.la/Q04kGFG60

06/05/2026

Today is Global Travel Advisor Day.

To every advisor reading this: thank you. Travel is rarely simple, but you make it look that way.

Thank you for all the work you do behind these scenes. From the late calls when a flight is cancelled and a client is stranded overseas, to the itineraries pieced together with care, the supplier relationships built over decades, and the trust your clients place in you to get them home safely.

At Mint Payments, we are proud to partner with so many hard-working travel professionals all around the world. Thank you for trusting us to be part of the journey.

Happy Global Travel Advisor Day.

31/03/2026

Today’s RBA decision marks a significant shift for travel businesses managing the cost of taking card payments.

From 1 October 2026, surcharging on Visa, Mastercard and eftpos cards will no longer be permitted. At the same time, interchange caps are coming down, including a significant reduction for consumer credit interchange from 0.80% to 0.30%.

The practical impact for travel merchants is clear. Card acceptance costs are coming down, but surcharging will no longer be available to recover them. For many businesses, that means reviewing how payment costs are absorbed and how they are reflected in pricing ahead of the changes coming into effect in October.

At Mint Payments, our position is simple. We will pass those interchange savings through to our merchants in full, and we will work alongside them as they adapt.

Throughout the consultation, we made the case for the realities travel businesses deal with every day: higher-value transactions, forward delivery risk, margin pressure, and the disproportionate impact on smaller businesses. While the final decision does not create industry carve-outs, the reduction in interchange rates does lower a meaningful part of the cost base of card payments.

We also know this is not entirely new ground. In the UK, card surcharging has not been permitted since 2018, and Mint Payments works with travel merchants in that market today. That gives us a practical view of how businesses operate in a no-surcharge environment, and we will bring those learnings to our Australian merchants as this transition takes shape.

It also puts more focus on payment choice. As surcharging falls away, lower-cost integrated options like Pay by Bank, including PayID, become a more important part of the mix. For many merchants, that is where the next conversation starts: how to protect margin, keep checkout familiar for customers, and build a payments set-up that fits the way their business actually runs.

We will be sharing more as we work through the detail with our merchants and partners.

12/03/2026

Mint Payments is proud to announce we've become an ABTA Partner.

ABTA is the UK's leading travel trade body, representing more than 4,300 travel brands and setting the standard for professionalism across the industry. Achieving partner status means we've met their rigorous requirements around financial fitness, expertise, and commitment to the travel sector.

For us, it's a reflection of why we're here. UK travel agents have been underserved by legacy payment providers for too long, and we're committed to changing that. Building on our partnership with The Travel Network Group, becoming an ABTA partner is the next step in establishing Mint as a payments partner the UK travel industry can genuinely rely on.

If you're a travel business looking for payment solutions built specifically for how you operate, we'd love to talk https://hubs.la/Q046tdR30

15/12/2025

We are excited to announce the appointment of Simon Bowles as Mint Payments' UK Managing Director. Simon is an experienced Fintech leader with over 20 years of payments and travel experience. This appointment builds on our recent announcement of our strategic payments partnership with The Travel Network Group. https://hubs.la/Q03Y5F-Q0

Welcome Simon. We look forward to your leadership and drive!

11/12/2025

Exciting news: we're partnering with Zip to bring flexible payment options to businesses on Mint.

Soon, you'll be able to offer your customers the choice to spread payments over time at checkout. You get paid upfront with settlement received in two banking days, while Zip manages customer repayments directly.

Give customers the gift of time to repay and capture more bookings today, reach new customers, and keep cash flow moving in rhythm with your business.

Register your interest to be among the first to offer Zip to your customers https://hubs.la/Q03XNMhY0

*T&Cs, fees and credit approval apply. Other charges may be payable. Credit provided by ZipMoney Payments Pty Ltd (ABN 58 164 440 993), Australian Credit Licence Number 441878.

05/12/2025

ABC News recently covered something we hear about constantly from travel businesses: fraudulent chargebacks.

It’s a growing risk for in all areas, particularly in travel. Customers receive their booking or service, then dispute the charge through their bank. The business loses the money and takes an immediate hit to cash flow, often with no practical way to fight it.

This is exactly why we built Mint Protect, Mint’s chargeback guarantee for travel businesses. When fraud or disputes occur, Mint steps in and absorbs the financial risk. Your cash flow stays intact, and you can focus on running your business instead of fighting with banks.

If you're a travel business dealing with this, you shouldn't have to go it alone. Talk to our team about how Mint Protect can help. https://www.mintpayments.com/contact/sales

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