Hopper Gains a New Fintech Partner in LatAm's Nubank
Skift Take
Key Points
- Hopper partners with LatAm financial services firm Nubank.
- Nubank to receive travel inventory, price prediction tech, and price protection products from Hopper.
- Nubank's travel portal to launch in 2024, marking its entry into the travel market.
Summary
Hopper has announced a new partnership with Nubank, a financial services firm in Latin America, marking Nubank's entry into the travel sector. Hopper will provide Nubank with travel inventory, price prediction technology, and various price protection products for its customers in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Nubank's travel portal is expected to launch in 2024. This partnership is part of a broader trend of online travel agencies forming business-to-business alliances, with recent examples including Hopper's collaboration with Uber and Expedia powering travel at Walmart.
One of the most intense competitive areas of competition these days among online travel agencies is in their business-to-business partnerships, and Hopper announced a new alliance with LatAm financial services firm Nubank.
The deal, announced Thursday, marks Nubank's entry into travel. Hopper will provide Nubank, which claims 80 million customers in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, with travel inventory as well as price prediction tech, and various price protection products on mobile, the companies said.
Nubank's travel portal is expected to launch in 2024.
In recent months, Hopper announced a deal to power Uber's flights and fintech products, and Expedia Group now powers travel at Walmart. Booking Holdings has been active, as well.
Photo Credit: Hopper CEO Frederic Lalonde discusses fintech at Skift Global Forum. Skift
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