CommuterClub

CommuterClub
Type of site	Private
Available in	Multilingual
Headquarters	London, England
Area served	England
Founder(s)	Petko Plachkov, Imran Gulamhuseinwala, Irina Iovita
Key people	Petko Plachkov (Founder) ; Imran Gulamhuseinwala (Founder, Chairman) ; Irina Iovita (Managing Director)
Services	Financing, Travel, E-commerce
Employees	10-50 (2016)
URL	www.commuterclub.co.uk
Registration	Yes
Launched	2013
Current status	Active

CommuterClub (also known as Commuter Club) is a UK-based financial services company backed by British tennis player Andy Murray that retails and provides loans for annual season tickets, allowing commuters to pay for them in monthly instalments.[1] CommuterClub was founded in 2013 by Petko Plachkov and Imran Gulamhuseinwala. Imran was honoured for his work in the FinTech industry in January 2017 in the Queen's Honour list with an OBE.[2]

History

CommuterClub was founded by Petko Plachkov and Imran Gulamhuseinwala after they met while working in financial services at Resolution.[1] They found through a Freedom of Information request to TfL that fewer than 10% of the 2.5 million people travelling around the capital each day benefit from the savings of season tickets.[3] Following this finding, they created a monthly payment plan to offer access to annual season tickets for public transport.

Corporate

CommuterClub also works with SMEs to help them offer season tickets to staff as an employee benefit. CommuterClub automates the management of a season ticket scheme reducing cost and outsourcing a traditionally payroll managed solution. Current clients include Croydon Council, Airbnb and IntegraFin.[4]

Awards and recognition

CommuterClub has been named Startup of the week in Wired Magazine[1] as well as won awards at the Startups Awards for Service Business of the Year[5] and the Everline Real Business Awards for Disruptor of the Year.[6] CommuterClub also made FinTechCity's FinTech 50 in 2015.[7]

References

"Startup of the Week: CommuterClub". Wired UK. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
"Members of UK tech community feature in New Year Honours list 2017". Tech City News. 3 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
Jamie Dunkley and Lucy Tobin (1 July 2014). "On the Money: Travelcards just one way to cut commuting costs". Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
Green, Harriet (24 October 2016). "Meet the travelcard tycoons plotting the future of mobility". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
"Winners 2014". Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
Hunter Ruthven. "50 of the most disruptive British businesses in 2015". realbusiness.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
Lynsey Barber. "London is home to Europe's hottest fintech startups as 24 of the FinTech50 come from the capital - City A.M." cityam.com. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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[wired.co.uk-1] "Startup of the Week: CommuterClub". Wired UK. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[2] "Members of UK tech community feature in New Year Honours list 2017". Tech City News. 3 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[3] Jamie Dunkley and Lucy Tobin (1 July 2014). "On the Money: Travelcards just one way to cut commuting costs". Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[4] Green, Harriet (24 October 2016). "Meet the travelcard tycoons plotting the future of mobility". Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[5] "Winners 2014". Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[6] Hunter Ruthven. "50 of the most disruptive British businesses in 2015". realbusiness.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[7] Lynsey Barber. "London is home to Europe's hottest fintech startups as 24 of the FinTech50 come from the capital - City A.M." cityam.com. Retrieved 16 September 2015.