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Barcelona transport authority ATM says it will launch open-loop payments sometime next year. It declines to be more specific with a launch date and has already missed earlier target dates. That includes a fast-track project that was to have launched the technology in late 2023.

Key Data:

• Document: Justification of the Contract, tender document, Aug. 2026

Organizations Mentioned:

• ATM (Barcelona)
• TMB (Barcelona)
• Comercia Global Payments
• CaixaBank
• Smarting
• Indra

Barcelona transport authority ATM confirmed to Mobility Payments it plans to launch open-loop payments sometime in 2027. That would be more than a year after an earlier launch date had come and gone and as many as four years behind the original, ambitious project schedule.

It remains to be seen whether the authority will hit that new launch timeframe in 2027, though the low-cost project is designated as a large “pilot,” supporting single rides only with no transfers. ATM said it could decide later to expand the service to other fare types, as well as transfers.

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