Zilch unveils new travel solution offering flexible payments and rewards

January 13, 2025

Zilch has announced the launch of Zilch Travel, a white-label solution developed in collaboration with lastminute.com, a leader in online travel and leisure services.

The platform allows users to search, book, and pay for holidays, hotels, and flights while earning rewards seamlessly through Zilch’s app and virtual card.

This new service reflects Zilch’s significant growth in the travel category, which has seen a 140% year-on-year increase. Customers can now enjoy a more integrated travel experience, earning 3% cashback on bookings or opting for flexible, interest-free payment plans over six weeks or three months.

Powered by lastminute.com, Zilch Travel leverages the expertise of the European travel-tech leader in dynamic holiday packages.

Alessandro Petazzi, CEO of lastminute.com, said: “By investing in flexible financial solutions and leveraging our technology to enhance customers’ travel experience, we can unlock a world of possibilities for holidaymakers. We’re delighted to partner with one of the UK’s leading fintech companies by powering their new Zilch Travel service.

“This new offering will seamlessly combine lastminute.com’s cutting-edge platform for booking holiday packages, hotels, and flights with Zilch’s fantastic, flexible payment options. This will allow consumers to earn cashback rewards or spread the cost of their holiday purchases interest-free.

“With more than twenty-five years of experience, we know that holidays are the one ring-fenced purchase everyone makes annually, this is why we will continue to invest in FinTech solutions and flexible payment options to enhance personalisation and empower people to pay on their terms.”

The partnership aims to simplify travel planning while addressing growing consumer demand for flexible financial solutions.

Philip Belamant, CEO and Co-Founder of Zilch, said: “Partnering with lastminute.com, a pioneer in online travel, marks an exciting step forward as we launch Zilch Travel. In 2025, travel is no longer a luxury – it’s a professional and family priority, with 84% of UK consumers exploring destinations at home or abroad, they’re spending over £72 billion on overseas holidays alone in 2023. Zilch Travel is designed to give our customers what they’ve been asking for, three years into an unprecedented cost-of-living squeeze: the convenience, security, and flexibility to design and pay for their trips seamlessly within the regulated app they trust to manage their money.”