# UATP

> UATP is an airline-owned global payments network connecting airlines, travel agencies, rail operators, corporate buyers and payment providers. Its charge accounts, alternative-payment connections, merchant services and reporting tools help businesses pay for travel, accept payments and reconcile the records behind each transaction.

- **Founded:** 1936
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** American Airlines (Originator of the Air Travel Card with the Air Transport Association), Air Transport Association (Co-developer of the original Air Travel Card)
- **Products:** UATP Charge Accounts, Alternative Forms of Payment, UATP One Merchant Services, ATCAN, Ceptor
- **Notable:** Origins in the 1936 Air Travel Card., Ceptor alternative-payment technology received patent protection in 2021., Announced approval of Enhanced Intermediate Server payment-processing patent in February 2024.

## Products & services

- **UATP Charge Accounts** — Airline- and TMC-issued corporate travel accounts with centralized billing and itinerary-level reporting.
- **Alternative Forms of Payment** — Connections between travel merchants and alternative payment providers through a common integration.
- **UATP One Merchant Services** — Payment processing and acquiring connections for airlines and travel merchants, including indirect BSP transactions.
- **ATCAN** — Authorization and transaction processing that consolidates merchant sales data and produces issuer output.
- **Ceptor** — Alternative-payment processing using tokenized single-use UATP account numbers; patent protection announced in 2021.
- **DataStream** — Web-based issuer billing, account administration, credit management and billing APIs.
- **DataMine** — Account reporting, available funds and up to 36 months of itinerary-level transaction data.
- **DataView** — Dashboard for spending, billing trends and graphical analysis.
- **Custom Airline Payment Products** — Prepaid accounts, gift-card infrastructure, government and internal travel accounts, and service-interruption recovery.
- **Travel Protection Plans** — Annual travel protection products for eligible travel-industry professionals.

## Achievements

- Origins in the 1936 Air Travel Card.
- Ceptor alternative-payment technology received patent protection in 2021.
- Announced approval of Enhanced Intermediate Server payment-processing patent in February 2024.
- Airline merchants represent 95% of scheduled worldwide available seat kilometers, according to UATP.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published Agentic Commerce and the Future of Payments report on October 2.
- **2026-09** — Announced Air India’s planned corporate travel account program, with launch described as forthcoming.
- **2026-08** — Named dLocal a live UATP One payment processing partner.
- **2025-07** — EVA Air launched its co-branded prepaid UATP corporate program.

## Links

- Website: https://uatp.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uatp/

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Last updated: 2026-10-27