Checkout.com Forms Strategic Partnership with Agoda

Checkout.com, a digital payments platform, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Agoda, a digital travel platform. Through this collaboration, Checkout.com will provide a high-performance digital payment infrastructure, supporting Agoda's mission to "connect the world through travel" from a payment perspective.

Checkout.com to Support Agoda's Payment Processing Across Over 6 Million Accommodations Worldwide

Virtual card issuing enables highly reliable payment operations for Agoda's global supplier network.

Agoda connects travelers with the world through over 6 million hotels and accommodations globally, as well as flights, activities, and other travel experiences.

To deliver travel experiences at this scale, stable payment functionality is essential, regardless of market conditions, currency fluctuations, or peak demand periods. Through its partnership with Checkout.com, Agoda has enhanced its virtual card issuing capabilities, creating an environment where travelers can complete bookings smoothly while ensuring timely payments to suppliers.

A key element supporting Agoda's improved performance is Checkout.com's proprietary AI solution, "Intelligent Acceptance." This solution optimizes each transaction using real-time network data, intelligently routing payments to the most efficient pathways and applying performance-enhancing adjustments to reduce payment failures and increase approval rates. Furthermore, when combined with network tokens and Real-Time Account Updater, it mitigates transaction rejections due to false positives in complex payment flows, such as cross-border, multi-currency, and high-volume transactions, which are characteristic of the global travel industry.

Agoda and Checkout.com also collaborate on virtual card issuing to support payments to travel suppliers. Payments to suppliers are processed at scale and with stability, smoothly supporting the entire travel ecosystem behind the scenes. Through a single, integrated platform, Agoda gains clear visibility and control over its entire issuing operations.

Comment from Pitichoke Chulapamornsri, Senior Director, Head of Fintech & Business Development at Agoda:

"Our mission is to make travel easy, accessible, and rewarding for everyone, and a reliable global payment infrastructure is crucial to achieving this. We chose Checkout.com for its proven performance, resilience, and deep technical expertise. It provides great peace of mind as we continue to scale our platform and serve travelers worldwide, while increasing our approval rates."

Comment from Brian Sze, Head of Asia-Pacific at Checkout.com:

"Behind every booked journey, there are 'digital moments' that must function instantly and seamlessly. As travel becomes increasingly digital, payment systems with AI-driven optimization and resilience are indispensable for connecting travelers, merchants, and partners worldwide. We are incredibly proud to support Agoda with the technology that underpins these connections."

About Checkout.com:

Checkout.com provides payment services to thousands of businesses powering the digital economy. Our digital payment network supports over 145 currencies and processes billions of transactions annually worldwide.

Our flexible and scalable technology helps improve payment success rates, reduce processing costs, combat fraud, and turn payments into a driver of revenue growth. Headquartered in London, with offices in 19 locations worldwide, Checkout.com partners with leading global companies such as Sony, Netflix, Uber, Spotify, Alibaba, Docusign, Wise, Sainsbury's, and the Financial Times.

For more information, please visit www.checkout.com/ja-jp/ (Japanese site).