lastminute.com reveals first fully-integrated Fintech white label platform

Zilch Travel platform is powered by lastminute.com technology

lastminute.com, European OTA and dynamic holiday packages specialist, has annunced its latest white-label partnership with Zilch, to create Zilch Travel.

This partnership allows Zilch customers to benefit from lastminute.com’s selection of travel options, combined with the flexibility and customisation of Zilch’s payment solutions.

Zilch Travel aligns “perfectly” with lastminute.com’s long-held strategy as a buyer and supplier in the travel industry.

Leveraging its proprietary Dynamic Packages technology, this deal will join a growing list of white-label partnerships fuelling clients of major B2B2C partners such as Booking.com, Holiday Pirates and airline, Play.

Customers will now be able to search, book, and pay for their holidays directly through the Zilch Travel platform, powered by lastminute.com’s Dynamic Holiday Packages technology.

This is made possible through the connection between lastminute.com’s API and incentive platform Roiward, enabling access to travel content within Zilch Travel.

The platform mirrors the usual customer journey and User Experience (UX) of lastminute.com, but with a look and feel “unique” to Zilch.

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 combines lastminute.com’s cutting-edge platform for booking holiday packages, hotels, and sights with Zilch’s fantastic, flexible payment options.

“Allowing consumers to earn cashback rewards or spread the cost of their holiday purchases interest-free on Zilch Travel.

“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,” Petazzi said.

Zilch Travel, powered by lastminute.com, pledges to “change the game” by automatically enabling people to earn 3% rewards on every trip, offering flexible, regulated, interest-free payments over six weeks or three months at zero cost, travel and pay securely.

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,” he said.

“This launch is another way we’re transforming everyday spending and broadening Zilch’s share of wallet, following the success of our Pay over 3 Months product for bigger-ticket purchases, which has already helped accelerate total sales on the Zilch platform to over £3.6 billion since launch and double our revenues for three years running.”