Circle K has tapped ai Corporation (ai), a provider of fuel and mobility card issuing systems, for an expansion of their European partnership.

“Building on the successful implementation of ai's scalable aiEazyFuel payments platform across Circle K's operations in their core Scandinavian and Baltic markets, Circle K will now extend its use of ai’s platform to power B2B fleet payments across its mid-European fuel retail sites. This expansion follows Circle K's recent acquisition of certain retail assets from TotalEnergies in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg,” according to a press release sent to NACS.

The company said aiEazyFuel will enhance Circle K's payment solutions with the following key features:

• Flexibility and ease of integration, which allows aiEazyFuel to fit seamlessly into Circle K's payments systems.
• Standard integration protocols to support typical forecourt integrations via simple API connections with non-forecourt partners such as parking, toll and EV providers.
• Multi-level customer hierarchy, which includes data inheritance and functionality enablement at all levels, allowing the creation of complex customer structures while minimizing administration overheads.
• Fully featured pricing rule functionality easily creates flexible pricing offerings for separate market segments.
• Multiple invoicing frequencies and delivery channels are supported. Purchases from the same card are separated into customer invoices and driver invoices, allowing the invoicing of specific products directly to the driver.
• Simplified cross-border transaction processing ensures visibility of national and cross-border transactions in a single invoice.

"The extension of our partnership with the ai Corporation and the rollout of the aiEazyFuel platform across our Mid-European markets is an important milestone in our efforts to deliver best-in-class services to our business customers. As a core component of Circle K's standardized B2B Payment Platform in Europe, it provides greater flexibility and smooth integration—making life easier for our customers,” VP B2B Mobility and Sales at Circle K Reno Peter Øhlenschlæger said.

In other recent international Circle K news, earlier this year, Circle K opened its first electric–vehicle (EV) charging-only location in Europe, located in Gårda, near central Gothenburg, Sweden. “With ten ultra-fast chargers and a 100-square-meter (1,076-square-foot) convenience store, Gårda is the largest EV charging-only convenience location in Circle K's global network,” the retailer said.