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Barcelona transport authority ATM plans to launch its delayed open-loop payments project early next year. The authority has prioritized broader implementation of its closed-loop card program, T-mobilitat.
The authority, using €4 million (US$4.6 million) in Covid relief funds from the European Union, landed on the idea of retrofitting its more than 15,000 closed-loop terminals with EMV-enabled secure-access modules, or SAMs.
• ATM (Barcelona)
• CaixaBank
• Smarting
• Comercia
• Indra
The Autoritat del Transport Metropolità in Barcelona, known as ATM, confirmed to Mobility Payments plans to finally launch open-loop payments, in January 2026–which, if the authority hits that date, would be a little more than two years behind the original ambitious project schedule.
But while the hardware is in place, ATM appears to still be procuring a vendor to handle
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