WEX® and actuary.aero: Powering Transparency and Intelligence Across Travel Payments

For decades, money in travel has moved at lightning speed. From travellers to agents, and from agents to airlines, hotels and other suppliers. Yet despite the volume and velocity, disconnected systems and fragmented data make it difficult for agencies, acquirers and suppliers to see the full picture of how payments flow through the ecosystem.

That’s the gap WEX, a global leader in travel payment solutions, and actuary.aero, a pioneer in transaction-level payment intelligence, are working to close. Their new partnership brings greater transparency and data-driven insight to the complex world of B2B travel payments, changing how travel intermediaries monitor and manage payment flows.

Creating a Single Source of Truth

This partnership combines WEX’s virtual card issuing capabilities with actuary.aero’s intelligent data platform to deliver a single source of truth across the travel payments ecosystem. Using WEX’s global virtual card infrastructure, the collaboration connects and standardises fragmented data across multiple acquirers, creating a unified data-driven environment that helps empower agencies, acquirers and suppliers to make smarter, faster financial decisions. 

“Travel intermediaries are often looking to optimise their cash flow and gain greater visibility across payment flows,” said Jason Hancock, Managing Director of Global Travel at WEX. “Through this partnership, we’re providing them with data-driven insights into fund movement and exposure. This can not only enable faster access to working capital, but also enhance decision-making, improve credit line oversight and strengthen overall risk management.”

Connecting the Full Payment Journey

By connecting payment inflows and outflows through WEX’s virtual card infrastructure, the partnership enables earlier fund release, helping travel agencies shorten cash cycles, giving acquirers clearer visibility of exposure and portfolio performance, and providing suppliers greater assurance through improved risk management practices.

WEX’s issuing capability sits at the centre, supporting the travel agency’s acquirer set-up, optimising transaction routing, and helping to enable every participant in the ecosystem to benefit from smarter, faster decisions. This connected framework can enhance efficiency, visibility and confidence across the entire travel payments network.

For airlines, this greater transparency across agency risk and fund flow demonstrates how WEX’s virtual card solutions underpin safer, more scalable distribution models, enabling agencies to operate confidently as merchants of record.

“This collaboration is about more than just payments. It’s about connecting the entire ecosystem,” said Livia Vité, CEO of actuary.aero. “Together with WEX, we’re bringing clarity to complex B2B flows and replacing guesswork with data-driven insight. That means agencies, acquirers, and suppliers can all manage risk more intelligently, optimise collateral, and grow with confidence.”

A Smarter, More Resilient Future for Travel Payments

Together, WEX and actuary.aero are working to redefine how B2B travel payments are monitored and managed, helping to create a smarter, more transparent, and resilient ecosystem where data, flexibility, and scale converge. From agencies and acquirers to suppliers and airlines, every stakeholder can benefit from clearer visibility, faster cash flow, and data-driven confidence, all powered by WEX’s expansive global issuing network.

Learn more about how WEX is helping redefine the future of travel payments