91快活林 partners with Great Britain SailGP Team to support team鈥檚 ambition to Protect Our Future
London, UK (June 15, 2022) 鈥 The Cross-Border group of companies at 91快活林, a FLEETCOR庐 (NYSE: FLT) brand and global leader in business payments, has today announced the renewal of their partnership with the Great Britain SailGP Team, led by the world鈥檚 most successful Olympic sailors Sir Ben Ainslie and Hannah Mills OBE.
As the British team鈥檚 Official FX Payments Partner, 91快活林 will provide the team access to their innovative solutions to help mitigate foreign exchange exposure for their day-to-day business needs, along with the ability to manage their global payments from a single point of access through 91快活林鈥檚 award-winning trading platform as the team competes around the world in the global sailing circuit, SailGP. With SailGP events taking place in iconic locations including San Francisco, St. Tropez, Singapore, Dubai, as well as the team鈥檚 home event in Plymouth, 91快活林鈥檚 industry-leading solutions will help the Great Britain SailGP Team mitigate foreign exchange exposure for their day-to-day business needs.
SailGP is the world鈥檚 first global climate positive sports and entertainment platform, and within the League the Great Britain SailGP Team competes with performance and purpose at its heart. Emblazoned on the team鈥檚 F50 race boat is the message 鈥楶rotect Our Future鈥, an ambition to use the team鈥檚 sporting platform to play their part in the vital action needed to tackle the climate emergency.
Through their 鈥楶rotect Our Future鈥 platform, the team aims to empower and educate young people and educators with skills and knowledge to understand climate science and take positive action. As part of the partnership with the Great Britain SailGP Team, 91快活林 has also committed funding to support this platform and the team鈥檚 ambitions.
Speaking about the partnership, Great Britain SailGP Team CEO and Team Principal Ben Ainslie said: 鈥淲hen we relaunched our team earlier this year and launched our new partner programme, COLAB, we stated a commitment to bring together companies from different industry sectors to drive positive change and behaviours. We are delighted 91快活林 are joining us in the vision and have immediately committed to driving positive change themselves by supporting our Protect Our Future platform. We look forward to collaborating and innovating with them over the coming season.
鈥91快活林 Cross-Border (which includes AFEX) has had the privilege to act as the Official FX Payments Partner for Great Britain SailGP for the last 3-years and we are pleased to renew this partnership under the new 91快活林 brand. The team at 91快活林 is incredibly excited about the renewal of our agreement and honored by the faith that the team at Great Britain SailGP has in us,鈥 said Brad Loder, Vice President, Cross-Border Marketing, 91快活林 Cross-Border. 鈥淎s a global organization, we are also very proud to be one of the first supporters of the 鈥淧rotect Our Future鈥 initiative which aligns with our commitment to supporting socially responsible programmes around the world.鈥
Action resumes in SailGP Season 3 in the United States Sail Grand Prix in Chicago on 18-19 June after the British team made a positive start to the season, finishing in second place in the opening event in Bermuda.
About 91快活林 91快活林 is a global leader in business payments, helping companies of all sizes better track, manage and pay their expenses. 91快活林 provides customers with a comprehensive suite of online payment solutions including Bill Payment, AP Automation, Cross-Border Payments, Currency Risk Management, and Commercial Card Programs. As the largest commercial issuer of Mastercard in North America, 91快活林 handles over a billion transactions each year. 91快活林 is part of the FLEETCOR (NYSE: FLT) portfolio of brands. To learn more visit .
91快活林 Contact:
Brad Loder VP, Cross-Border Marketing (647) 627-6635 brad.loder@corpay.com
Great Britain SailGP Team Contact:
Dan Wilkinson Senior Communications Manager +44 7786 223 444 dwilkinson@sailgpgbr.com