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1 WEX Europe Travel Solutions
January 2014 GTMC Hotel Strategy Group 22nd January 2014

2 Content About WEX Travel Sector – products and use cases
Global growth of WEX virtual cards Virtual card options Sample process WEX virtual card benefits Global acceptance Our clients [ 2 ]

3 About WEX Fast Facts: Publicly traded (NYSE: WEX)
Market capitalisation of ~US$3.5B Over 1,400 global employees Operations in Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand B2B payment focus: US$31B in annual commercial payments 350,000 customers Fleet, prepaid & virtual card payments specialist Global leader in virtual card technology [ 3 ]

4 Travel Sector – products and use cases
Product Category Product Credit or Prepaid Use Cases Business Travel Users Leisure Travel Users Supplier Payments Virtual MasterCard Both Paying Hotel /Airline suppliers - improving efficiency TMC / HBA / Conference & Event Planners OTA / DMC / Tour Operators / Travel Agents Virtual Visa Debit Prepaid Paying Low Cost Carriers – avoiding surcharges TMC Business Expense Tour Card Tour expenses – removing need for cash / credit cards Tour Operators Crew Card Crew expenses – removing need for cash / credit cards Airlines Expense Card T&E Expenses – removing need for cash / credit cards SMEs / Corporates Consumer Travel Currency Card Consumer travel currency – removing need for cash Consumers / Travel Agents / Airlines ©2012 WEX Inc. Confidential and proprietary.

5 Global growth of WEX virtual cards
Global leader rapidly with strong and growing presence across Europe Fast Facts Wex Virtual card payments 43% 10-year growth (CAGR) Providing payment solutions to 4 of 5 world’s largest OTA’s First WEX virtual card transaction took place in [ 5 ]

6 ©2012 WEX Inc. Confidential and proprietary.
Virtual card options Booking Process Post Stay Invoice Description Unique one time use virtual card number issued to hotels at the time of booking either via booking tool / GDS or direct Unique one time virtual card number used to settle post stay invoices uploaded from TMC accounting system Implementation Options 3rd Party Integration – integrated with 3rd party booking solution. Virtual card notification sent via booking platform Direct Integration – fully integrated to TMC booking platform. Virtual card notification sent via WEX ( /fax) Manual – use WEX platform to enter user defined fields and generate virtual card number manually Hotel Level Settlement – group multiple invoices for same hotel and settle using one virtual card number Invoice Level Settlement – single virtual card number per invoice to be settled with user defined to aid reconciliation Manual – use WEX platform to enter invoice / hotel payment information and generate virtual card number manually Key Benefits Streamlined processes / easier reconciliation Increased profitability - reduced costs + new revenue Integration Approach Integrated with Conferma CSP. Strategic approach to integrate with more partners in line with market demand Integration is via upload of files direct to WEX platform USPs Reservation specific card number with 100% reconciliation Settled with hotels in 169 countries / 15 currencies Credit and prepaid options Ability to control the date that the card can be charged Turns supplier payment from cost to revenue stream Easier reconciliation vs. BACS / Swift / Cheque Only provider offering virtual cards as part of booking process and to settle post stay invoices Clients ©2012 WEX Inc. Confidential and proprietary.

7 TMC Invoices Corporate
Sample process Hotel Invoices TMC TMC Invoices Corporate Reservation Request 1 TMC Reservation 2 Request Single Use CCN 3 Check In Payment to Hotel with CCN 5 Reconciliation 7 Hotel processes CCN through their POS and is paid through credit card network 6 Virtual Payments Platform Issue Single Use CCN 4 HOTEL Travellers Invoice ©2012 WEX Inc. Confidential and proprietary.

8 WEX Virtual card benefits
Current challenges Virtual card benefits Reconciling invoices to reservations & rates with limited data causes mismatch with suppliers Improve reconciliation with booking data appended to transaction data Cost of bank fees and managing FX No fees and all FX managed through the standard MasterCard process with no user intervention Administration of Accounts Payable including supplier bank information No need to hold supplier bank details or be chased by suppliers for payment Little or no protection from supplier default Protection offered through the MasterCard programme Supplier tracking reservations to generate invoices to send to TMC and then chasing payment Payments are made automatically either at time of booking or post stay with booking reference data Supplier’s cost of receiving international payments Only fee is the merchant service charge that the supplier’s merchant acquirer charges [ 8 ]

9 Global acceptance Settled with hotels in 169 countries
Region No of Merchants Global > 127,000 North America & Caribbean > 57,000 Europe > 31,000 - UK > 4,500 Asia Pacific > 24,500 Australia 4,558 Thailand 4,674 Hong Kong 598 Singapore 385 Indonesia 2,466 New Zealand 1,205 Africa & Middle East >4,000 Settled with hotels in 169 countries 15 billing currencies supported [ 9 ]

10 Our clients [ 10 ]

11 Thank you Contact: Contact: Ian Johnson Head of Business Payments
WEX Europe T: +44 (0) M: +44 (0) Contact: Tim Chambers Business Development Manager WEX Europe T: +44 (0) M: +44 (0) [ 11 ]


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