BankCard International Group
Industry · Travel

Travel payment processing, done right.

The travel industry runs on trust and timing. BIG provides compliant travel payment processing with higher approval rates, chargeback prevention, flexible settlement for deposits and balances, and seamless integrations with booking engines and gateways.

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Years in emerging verticals
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Travel segments supported
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Average approval time
24/7
Booking-engine support

Stable payment processing for the travel industry.

We set up travel businesses on merchant accounts with travel-aware acquiring banks — agencies, OTAs, tour operators, hotels, and ticketing platforms. Your account is built for the way travel actually runs: deposits and balances, future-dated trips, cancellations, and cross-border cards, with dispute controls and settlement timing structured around the booking lifecycle.

How BIG helps travel merchants succeed

Supporting agencies, tour operators, hotels, resorts, and ticketing platforms — where others shy away, BIG steps up.

Higher Approvals, Lower Friction

BIG's gateway partners and risk-aware routing ensure more legitimate bookings get approved. Descriptors travelers recognize — reducing friendly fraud disputes.

Risk-aware routing
Recognizable descriptors
Lower decline rate

Dispute & Chargeback Controls

Pre-dispute alerts, reason-code playbooks to fight cancellation disputes, and hands-on guidance on refund policies that align with card-network rules.

Ethoca + Verifi
Reason-code playbooks
Refund policy review

Flexible Settlement & Reporting

Partial or delayed captures for deposits and balances, supplier-level reconciliation, and reporting that aligns transactions to specific trips and bookings.

Deposit + balance
Supplier reconciliation
Trip-level reporting

Cryptocurrency Acceptance

Zero-volatility settlement lets international travelers pay with crypto while you receive USD — opening your business to a broader global customer base.

USDC / USDT / BTC
USD settlement
Global travelers

Why travel operators stay with BIG.

01

Proper MCC + travel-aware acquiring

BIG structures your account with travel-aware acquiring banks and proper MCC assignment — so your payment program doesn't draw unnecessary scrutiny from card networks or get pulled into the wrong risk bucket.

02

Dispute controls tuned for cancellations

Pre-dispute alerts via Ethoca and Verifi, reason-code playbooks for cancellation and no-show disputes, and hands-on guidance on refund policies that align with Visa/Mastercard rules.

03

Flexible settlement for deposit + balance

Travel doesn't fit a one-payment model. BIG supports partial or delayed captures for deposits and balances, supplier-level reconciliation, and reporting that aligns transactions to specific trips and bookings.

Reviews on Google

Real 5-star reviews on Google. No edits, no incentives — just merchants who’ve been told no everywhere else.

Service & Platform · Highly Recommend

Highly recommend—professional, kind, easy to work with.

I'm very happy and satisfied with the service and platform. I've always had someone I can reach out to directly whenever I have questions, and they're always quick to help and follow up. On top of that, they regularly check in just to see how things are going, which I really appreciate. Their pricing is fair, and overall, they're incredibly professional, kind, and easy to work with. Highly recommend!

Ali FakhriAli Fakhri
30+ Years In Business

By far the best processing company I have dealt with.

In my 30+ years of business by far the best processing company I have dealt with. Very professional and everyone is extremely friendly and knowledgeable.

Darrel HundleyDarrel Hundley
Cannabis Dispensary · PIN Debit

A great help to our canna business.

We have been using Bankcard PIN Debit system for 1 year now and it has been a great help to our canna business. Not only by significantly reducing the amount of cash handling but also by boosting our ADS, and on top of this they have a fast responding help team. Thanks Shane and team.

Sparket CrewSparket Crew
Onboarding · Tech Support

Quick response when I had an issue.

Decent onboarding, quick response from their IT guy when I had an issue as well!

Michael David HarrellMichael David Harrell
Long-term Relationship

They always find ways to make it work.

Sometimes there were challenges, the company found ways to always make it work! It is a pleasure to work with them!

Joseph HydeJoseph Hyde
E-commerce · Onboarding

They made a confusing process very easy.

They made a confusing process very easy and streamlined!

Stephen HortonStephen Horton
Service & Platform · Highly Recommend

Highly recommend—professional, kind, easy to work with.

I'm very happy and satisfied with the service and platform. I've always had someone I can reach out to directly whenever I have questions, and they're always quick to help and follow up. On top of that, they regularly check in just to see how things are going, which I really appreciate. Their pricing is fair, and overall, they're incredibly professional, kind, and easy to work with. Highly recommend!

Ali FakhriAli Fakhri
30+ Years In Business

By far the best processing company I have dealt with.

In my 30+ years of business by far the best processing company I have dealt with. Very professional and everyone is extremely friendly and knowledgeable.

Darrel HundleyDarrel Hundley
Cannabis Dispensary · PIN Debit

A great help to our canna business.

We have been using Bankcard PIN Debit system for 1 year now and it has been a great help to our canna business. Not only by significantly reducing the amount of cash handling but also by boosting our ADS, and on top of this they have a fast responding help team. Thanks Shane and team.

Sparket CrewSparket Crew
Onboarding · Tech Support

Quick response when I had an issue.

Decent onboarding, quick response from their IT guy when I had an issue as well!

Michael David HarrellMichael David Harrell
Long-term Relationship

They always find ways to make it work.

Sometimes there were challenges, the company found ways to always make it work! It is a pleasure to work with them!

Joseph HydeJoseph Hyde
E-commerce · Onboarding

They made a confusing process very easy.

They made a confusing process very easy and streamlined!

Stephen HortonStephen Horton
Service & Platform · Highly Recommend

Highly recommend—professional, kind, easy to work with.

I'm very happy and satisfied with the service and platform. I've always had someone I can reach out to directly whenever I have questions, and they're always quick to help and follow up. On top of that, they regularly check in just to see how things are going, which I really appreciate. Their pricing is fair, and overall, they're incredibly professional, kind, and easy to work with. Highly recommend!

Ali FakhriAli Fakhri
30+ Years In Business

By far the best processing company I have dealt with.

In my 30+ years of business by far the best processing company I have dealt with. Very professional and everyone is extremely friendly and knowledgeable.

Darrel HundleyDarrel Hundley
Cannabis Dispensary · PIN Debit

A great help to our canna business.

We have been using Bankcard PIN Debit system for 1 year now and it has been a great help to our canna business. Not only by significantly reducing the amount of cash handling but also by boosting our ADS, and on top of this they have a fast responding help team. Thanks Shane and team.

Sparket CrewSparket Crew
Onboarding · Tech Support

Quick response when I had an issue.

Decent onboarding, quick response from their IT guy when I had an issue as well!

Michael David HarrellMichael David Harrell
Long-term Relationship

They always find ways to make it work.

Sometimes there were challenges, the company found ways to always make it work! It is a pleasure to work with them!

Joseph HydeJoseph Hyde
E-commerce · Onboarding

They made a confusing process very easy.

They made a confusing process very easy and streamlined!

Stephen HortonStephen Horton

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