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Rome’s Major Transit Operator Expands Open-Loop Service to City’s Buses and Trams

Rome transit operator ATAC announced Thursday that it has begun expanding its open-loop payments service to its buses and trams, more than three years after launching the service on the Rome Metro.
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Visa Seeks to Boost Open-Loop Payments in Asia Pacific, Where Technology has So Far Lagged Behind

In a region that has lagged behind in open-loop payments rollouts, Visa Tuesday sought to showcase the two largest launches to date in Asia Pacific, in Sydney and Singapore, where representatives of transit agencies said they are seeing strong adoption of the technology by customers.
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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 contactless Arc card becoming available for standard adult fares. An open-loop payments service will eventually follow, Cameron Grayson, director, transit innovation programs for the Edmonton Transit Service, or ETS, told Mobility Payments in a statement.
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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 to run its high-profile fare-collection system–with the so-called “Project Proteus” expected to be one of the most expensive and complex fare-system contracts now in play globally.
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Rome’s Major Transit Operator Expands Open-Loop Service to City’s Buses and Trams
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Visa Seeks to Boost Open-Loop Payments in Asia Pacific, Where Technology has So Far Lagged Behind
Edmonton bus ETS
Canadian City to Launch Its First Closed-Loop Contactless Card Rollout Today
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Transport for London Launches Procurement of Major Fare-Collection Contract

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Rome’s Major Transit Operator Expands Open-Loop Service to City’s Buses and Trams

Dan Balaban - Dec 02, 2022
Rome transit operator ATAC announced Thursday that it has begun expanding its open-loop payments service…
Visa at terminal-Singapore
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Visa Seeks to Boost Open-Loop Payments in Asia Pacific, Where Technology has So Far Lagged Behind

Dan Balaban - Nov 23, 2022
In a region that has lagged behind in open-loop payments rollouts, Visa Tuesday sought to…

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Denmark Selects List of Suppliers to Advance to Next Round for National Mobile-Ticketing Project

Dan Balaban - Oct 10, 2022
Transit officials in Denmark have qualified a list of eight suppliers to compete for five…
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Bid Update: Dubai Evaluates ABT Proposals; Utah Receives 8 bids for Mobile Ticketing; Appeal Delays Award of Venice Contract

Dan Balaban - Sep 01, 2022
The Roads and Transport Authority, or RTA, in Dubai has been evaluating proposals from at…
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Denmark Plans National Mobile-Ticketing System; Will Retire Closed-Loop Cards

Dan Balaban - Aug 26, 2022
Denmark plans to introduce a national mobile transit-ticketing system that will eventually replace the country’s…

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MaaS Global Discloses Licensing Deal for Its Technology; Will It be Enough to Save Company?

Dan Balaban - Nov 04, 2022
MaaS Global founder and CEO Sampo Hietanen disclosed this week that the mobility-as-a-service start-up has…
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Market Opportunity or Last Gasp? Pioneering MaaS Start-Up ‘Pivots’ to Stay in Business

Dan Balaban - Oct 13, 2022
Pioneering mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global plans to drop its B2C business model and will instead…

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Canadian City to Launch Its First Closed-Loop Contactless Card Rollout Today

Mobility Payments Staff - Nov 21, 2022
Canada’s fifth largest city, Edmonton, launches its first electronic fare card today, with the closed-loop…
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Transport for London Launches Procurement of Major Fare-Collection Contract

Dan Balaban - Nov 15, 2022
Transport for London yesterday launched its much-anticipated call for tenders to find the next vendor…

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Building Flexibility into Fare-Collection Systems

Amin Shayan - Oct 06, 2021
Contactless EMV payments are being recognized the world over as an essential way to modernize…
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Using Data to Navigate Demands of the Pandemic and Its Continuing Aftermath

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Ticketing data provides a rich source of information that can make our networks better, increase…