Lithuania-based fintech Nikulipe has entered a strategic partnership with Aircash to expand payment options across Europe. Through this collaboration, Nikulipe provides Aircash with additional top-up options for its digital wallet present in ten European markets.

Moreover, the partnership allows Aircash Wallet to be available to international merchants and Payment Service Providers (PSPs) via the Nikulope platform. This grants businesses easy access to one of the expanding European local payment methods. The partnership’s objective Aircash enables users to make payments directly or through a linked Aircash Prepaid-Mastercard at approximately 35 million online and physical retail outlets.

The wallet can be topped up at more than 200,000 point-of-sale partners from Europe, as well as through Bank Transfer and using multiple local payment methods. Currently, Aircash’s services gained recognition in countries such as Germany, Romania, Italy, Spain, Greece, the Baltics, and Austria, among others. According to Aircash’s officials, through the partnership with Nikulipe, users can easily top up their Aircash Wallet and Prepaid-Mastercard with their preferred local payment methods. The collaboration also supports Aircash’s objective to further improve the payment landscape in Europe by offering instant money transfers. Nikulipe aims to assist Aircash in its expansion throughout Europe.

The partnership also strengthens the company’s LPM portfolio, allowing PSP and merchant clients to access new customers in various markets. More information about Nikulipe Part of Germany-based Bergwand Group, Nikulipe aims to make the process of entry to emerging and fast-growing markets easy for fintechs, payment service providers, and their merchants. By streamlining cross-border payment solutions, the company offers unified access to local payment methods or introduces payment services where none exist, connecting its users to the global economy. Nikulipe covers a range of services required by merchants, including payment processing, collection of funds, reconciliation, unified reporting and settlement, and other added-value solutions.

About Aircash Aircash is a regulated and licensed EU electronic money institution, and its mobile wallet offers instant deposits, withdrawals, payments and money transfers, prepaid cards via the app and A-bon, and a printed e-voucher for secure online purchases using a 16-digit PIN code. Integrated within the Aircash mobile wallet, Aircash Marketplace features a simplified payment solution for parking, transport, entertainment and gaming, events, utilities, and telecoms. Aircash aims to improve its position and brand recognition in the CEE, considering its expansion across the EU. To support its growth in Europe, the company partnered with Nuvei, a Canada-based payment company, in March 2022.

Through this collaboration, Aircash acquired payment gateway services and 530 alternative payment methods from Nuvei. .