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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 rollouts there, Canadian transit agencies say they have no plans to promote open-loop payments over their close-loop cards.
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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 Planeta Informática to implement a key technology for the rollout, after apparently receiving pressure to hire a local subcontractor, sources told Mobility Payments.
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Dutch National Rail Operator to Launch Open-Loop Payments as Part of Nationwide Rollout in Netherlands

Nederlandse Spoorwegen, or NS, the Dutch national railway and by far the largest transit operator in the country, yesterday announced it will launch open-loop payments next Tuesday. While open loop will only apply to single ticket sales–a reported 10% of NS’s total trips–the launch is a major milestone for the…
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Baltic Transit Agency Awards Five-Year, ‘Low Risk’ Contract to Vendor to Provide Open-Loop Payments Service

In what will be the first open-loop payments service launched in Lithuania, the transit agency serving the Baltic country’s third-largest city plans to launch the contactless EMV service by July of this year, Mobility Payments has learned.
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In-Depth: Canadian Transit Agencies See Low Adoption of Open-Loop Payments
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Contractor for Fast-Track Open-Loop Procurement in Barcelona Gets Pressure over Key Technology Supplier
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Dutch National Rail Operator to Launch Open-Loop Payments as Part of Nationwide Rollout in Netherlands
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Baltic Transit Agency Awards Five-Year, ‘Low Risk’ Contract to Vendor to Provide Open-Loop Payments Service

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In-Depth

In-Depth: Canadian Transit Agencies See Low Adoption of Open-Loop Payments

Dan Balaban - Feb 02, 2023
Despite a high-profile launch recently of domestic debit card acceptance in Canada and more open-loop…
Barcelona Metro sign
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Contractor for Fast-Track Open-Loop Procurement in Barcelona Gets Pressure over Key Technology Supplier

Dan Balaban - Feb 02, 2023
The main contractor for Barcelona’s open-loop payments project has chosen a local company over Brazil-based…

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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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Industry Insight

Avoiding the Interchange Squeeze

Kevin Burgess - Jan 18, 2023
Open-loop payment systems are a simple and consumer-friendly option for public transit agencies. They are…
Industry Insight

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…