AirTran teams with Acculynk to widen payment options for travelers

AirTran Holdings, Inc subsidiary, AirTran Airways announced Thursday it teamed with Acculynk, targeting to provide passengers with a more secure online payment option called PaySecure using debit cards while reducing transaction fees for the low-cost airline.

PaySecure will enable AirTran Airways clients to use debit cards with software based PIN technology to pay for online purchases at AirTran.com with no enrollment or username/password requirements.

Thus, the new service is very easy in use: consumers will just need to enter their PIN on PaySecure's graphical PIN-pad when purchasing at AirTran.com with debit card through PaySecure service. The transaction is processed like a normal debit card transaction. 

As Acculynk CEO Ashish Bahl stated that as more consumers embrace debit cards, the need to secure online debit card transactions and reduce fraud soars. That’s why the company offered PaySecure as a safer alternative to using a debit card without a PIN on the Internet.