Rail Europe
“Can Rail Europe modernize its payments and digital infrastructure to capture the global surge in European rail demand as the world's largest train-ticket distribution platform?”
Rail Europe traces its roots to 1930s North America as the international distribution arm for SNCF, SBB, and Deutsche Reichsbahn. Over 90 years it evolved from a traditional travel agency network into a digital-first online booking platform, now headquartered in Paris. The UK brand (formerly Loco2, rebranded 2019) operates separately under Oui.sncf parentage. The company's embedded finance evolution is focused on modernizing payment infrastructure to support surging post-pandemic rail demand across both B2C and B2B channels, with Checkout.com selected as the anchor PSP to improve acceptance, reduce fraud, and handle multi-currency European transactions at scale.