
Open Loop View All
In-Depth: Canadian Transit Agencies See Low Adoption of Open-Loop Payments
Despite a high-profile launch recently of domestic debit card acceptance in Canada and more open-loop…
Contractor for Fast-Track Open-Loop Procurement in Barcelona Gets Pressure over Key Technology Supplier
The main contractor for Barcelona’s open-loop payments project has chosen a local company over Brazil-based…
Mobile Ticketing View All
Denmark Selects List of Suppliers to Advance to Next Round for National Mobile-Ticketing Project
Transit officials in Denmark have qualified a list of eight suppliers to compete for five…
Bid Update: Dubai Evaluates ABT Proposals; Utah Receives 8 bids for Mobile Ticketing; Appeal Delays Award of Venice Contract
The Roads and Transport Authority, or RTA, in Dubai has been evaluating proposals from at…
Denmark Plans National Mobile-Ticketing System; Will Retire Closed-Loop Cards
Denmark plans to introduce a national mobile transit-ticketing system that will eventually replace the country’s…
MaaS View All
MaaS Global Discloses Licensing Deal for Its Technology; Will It be Enough to Save Company?
MaaS Global founder and CEO Sampo Hietanen disclosed this week that the mobility-as-a-service start-up has…
Market Opportunity or Last Gasp? Pioneering MaaS Start-Up ‘Pivots’ to Stay in Business
Pioneering mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global plans to drop its B2C business model and will instead…
Closed Loop View All
Canadian City to Launch Its First Closed-Loop Contactless Card Rollout Today
Canada’s fifth largest city, Edmonton, launches its first electronic fare card today, with the closed-loop…
Transport for London Launches Procurement of Major Fare-Collection Contract
Transport for London yesterday launched its much-anticipated call for tenders to find the next vendor…
Industry Insight View All
Avoiding the Interchange Squeeze
Open-loop payment systems are a simple and consumer-friendly option for public transit agencies. They are…
Building Flexibility into Fare-Collection Systems
Contactless EMV payments are being recognized the world over as an essential way to modernize…