{"id":8311,"date":"2018-11-21T05:45:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T05:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=8311"},"modified":"2018-11-29T07:01:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T07:01:25","slug":"thomas-cook-launches-first-of-its-kind-dedicated-forex-card-mobile-app-to-manage-multiple-currencies-on-the-go","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/thomas-cook-launches-first-of-its-kind-dedicated-forex-card-mobile-app-to-manage-multiple-currencies-on-the-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Cook Launches First of its Kind Dedicated Forex Card Mobile App to Manage Multiple Currencies On-the-Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Empowers travellers with real-time access to their Borderless Card account <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Manage their account anytime, anywhere\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Instant card blocking in case of emergency\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Global ATM Locator\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In-app customer support<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> As part of its Digital Strategy, across its core Travel and Foreign Exchange businesses, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. has delivered on a series of innovative mobile-first initiatives: the thomascook.in Holidays, Visa &amp; Forex Online Stores and Apps, iLead-a unique CRM integrated Holiday Sales App, its award winning Tour Manager App and customer self-service App, Click2Book for business travellers, an advanced web technology platform Astra, robotics and machine learning, Voyager-a customised holiday bundler, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> With a YoY growth of 16%, the highest estimated growth rate by any country in the world, more than a quarter of India\u2019s population is expected to be using smartphones by the end of 2018 (337 Million users) <strong>Source<\/strong>: eMarketer, the US-based market research firm. Not surprisingly, the adoption of mobile apps too has seen rapid evolution- across not merely travel, but also foreign exchange transactions. Data from Thomas Cook\u2019s Foreign Exchange business highlights the clear shift with a 47% growth in mobile transactions. Hence, in a strategic move to empower the new age, mobile-first Indian traveller, the Company has launched the Thomas Cook Borderless App. This, the first of its kind dedicated app, enables its multicurrency Borderless Prepaid Forex Card users to access and manage their Borderless Prepaid Card account anywhere, anytime, from the convenience of a smartphone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thomas Cook\u2019s new app while focusing on convenience and global access, aims to further delight users with its safety-security and emergency assist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Key features of the Borderless App:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Real time access to the Borderless Card account\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Manage account and transactions\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Global ATM Locator to 2 Million ATMs,\u00a0 across 210 countries <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Instant Card blocking in case of emergency\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> In app customer support <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Kailash Gupta, Senior Vice President &amp; Head,<\/strong> Payment Solutions Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. said, \u201cToday\u2019s impatient new age traveller is increasingly opting for convenience and we are witnessing a significant consumer shift to mobile-led platforms for both travel and foreign exchange. Hence in our digital focus to empower our travellers, we have launched a dedicated app for our Borderless multicurrency prepaid card users. The app, with its real time services, will significantly improve customer experience and enhance convenience and safety-security, an essential ask for today\u2019s global traveller.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Launched in partnership with MasterCard, Thomas Cook\u2019s multicurrency Borderless Prepaid Card has witnessed strong adoption since its launch, with over 0.5 million active customers today.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n<a style=\"color: rgb(68,79,247);\" href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/\">Home<\/a>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empowers travellers with real-time access to their Borderless Card account Manage their account anytime, anywhere\u00a0 Instant card blocking in case of emergency\u00a0 Global ATM Locator\u00a0 In-app customer support As part of its Digital Strategy, across its core Travel and Foreign Exchange businesses, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. has delivered on a series of innovative mobile-first initiatives:&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/thomas-cook-launches-first-of-its-kind-dedicated-forex-card-mobile-app-to-manage-multiple-currencies-on-the-go\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8311"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8604,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8311\/revisions\/8604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}