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Australia’s Transport for New South Wales Sees ‘Significant Increase’ in Use of Mobile Wallets by Riders

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 13, 2021 (December 2, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Mobile wallets, Sydney Metro, Transport for New South Wales

Mobile wallets now make up more than half of all contactless payments for Transport for New South Wales, Australia’s largest transit agency, the agency confirmed to Mobility Payments. [...]

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Tip Sheet: Fare System Procurement in UAE Capital Canceled; New Tender Request May be Coming

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 26, 2025 (April 3, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Abu Dhabi, NEORide

Also: Visa’s Nick Mackie: Quit or Shown the Door?; Largest Agency on Multistate Ticketing Platform to Launch Fare Capping; Major Agencies Again Meet with Payments Industry [...]

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Transit App Introduces First-of-Its-Kind Feature Telling Users Where They Can Pay with Open Loop

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 5, 2025 (April 9, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transit app

The Transit trip-planning app has introduced a feature that tells users whether the transit agency they’re looking to ride accepts open-loop payments. The first-of-its-kind feature kicked off with a list of more than 50 transit authorities, operators and...

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Cubic Expected to Win Major Fare-System Contract in Philadelphia

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 12, 2024 (February 11, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged SEPTA

Cubic Transportation Systems is expected to win the major fare-system project from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, an up to $211 million deal to implement and operate the agency’s planned Key 2.0 system. Update: SEPTA...

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Tip Sheet: Fare Officials from Major Transit Agencies, Including New York and London, Believed to be Discussing How to Deal with Payments Industry

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 27, 2024 (February 26, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA, Transport for London

Fare payments representatives with major transit agencies in Europe, North America and Australia have been quietly meeting to discuss merchant fees and fraud around open-loop payments, Mobility Payments has learned. Also: Australian Government Launches...

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Cubic Planning Open-Loop Payments Product as Part of New Business Unit

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 9, 2024 (December 8, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cubic

Cubic Transportation Systems’ new business unit, Mobility Essentials, which will oversee the vendor’s software-as-a-service ticketing platform, Umo, will also offer an open-loop payments product that has yet to launch, Mobility Payments has learned. The...

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Tip Sheet: Washington, D.C., Short Lists Vendors for Open-Loop Payments Project

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 2, 2024 (December 4, 2024)Posted in Mobile Ticketing, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, SEPTA, WMATA

The Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, one of the largest subway operators in the U.S., has narrowed its procurement for an open-loop payments project to a short list containing as few as two vendors, Mobility Payments has...

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Tip Sheet: Cubic Faces Major Test in Holding onto Sydney Fare Project; Rumors Say It May Partner with Another Major Vendor

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 5, 2024 (November 11, 2024)Posted in Mobile Ticketing, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

With tenders due next month for Sydney’s much-anticipated Opal Next-Generation fare project, attention has turned to the fate of incumbent vendor Cubic Transportation Systems. Cubic is not believed to be held in the highest regard by Transport for New...

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Death of Dutch Prepaid Bank Card Deal Shows Concept is Difficult Proposition for Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 4, 2024 (September 21, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Netherlands, OVpay

The recent break between Dutch transport-ticketing agency Translink Systems and Netherlands-based neobank bunq is another setback for the idea of using prepaid bank cards in place of closed-loop fare cards for agencies already offering open-loop...

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Tip Sheet: Sydney Transport Authority to Issue Much-Anticipated RFP for Opal Next Generation by July

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 30, 2024 (August 23, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sydney, Tip-sheet, Venice

Transport for New South Wales this week issued an advance notice of its plans to release its long-awaited request for proposal for its Opal Next Generation fare project. The Sydney authority, a major backer of open-loop payments, said Tuesday that it plans to...

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Australia’s Transport for New South Wales Sees ‘Significant Increase’ in Use of Mobile Wallets by Riders

Tip Sheet: Fare System Procurement in UAE Capital Canceled; New Tender Request May be Coming

Transit App Introduces First-of-Its-Kind Feature Telling Users Where They Can Pay with Open Loop

Cubic Expected to Win Major Fare-System Contract in Philadelphia

Tip Sheet: Fare Officials from Major Transit Agencies, Including New York and London, Believed to be Discussing How to Deal with Payments Industry

Cubic Planning Open-Loop Payments Product as Part of New Business Unit

Tip Sheet: Washington, D.C., Short Lists Vendors for Open-Loop Payments Project

Tip Sheet: Cubic Faces Major Test in Holding onto Sydney Fare Project; Rumors Say It May Partner with Another Major Vendor

Death of Dutch Prepaid Bank Card Deal Shows Concept is Difficult Proposition for Agencies

Tip Sheet: Sydney Transport Authority to Issue Much-Anticipated RFP for Opal Next Generation by July

Despite Nationwide Open-Loop Rollout, Netherlands Predicts Closed-Loop Card will Remain Most-Used Payments Method

Vendor for Denmark’s High-Profile Mobile-Ticketing Service Contends Contract Loss in Switzerland Won’t Compromise Company ‘Stability’ or ‘Strategy’

Exclusive: U.S. Tariffs Will Cause Pain for Fare Vendors and Agencies, Though They May Not Spur More Manufacturing in U.S.

U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash on Board Buses; One of Few Cashless Agencies Nationwide

Cubic to Launch Open-Payment Overlay Product, Introduces New Pricing Strategy, as It Seeks to Revamp Umo Offer

Vendor for Denmark’s High-Profile Mobile-Ticketing Service Contends Contract Loss in Switzerland Won’t Compromise Company ‘Stability’ or ‘Strategy’

Exclusive: U.S. Tariffs Will Cause Pain for Fare Vendors and Agencies, Though They May Not Spur More Manufacturing in U.S.

Cubic to Launch Open-Payment Overlay Product, Introduces New Pricing Strategy, as It Seeks to Revamp Umo Offer

UK Government Plans to Trial GPS Mobile Ticketing on Rail Despite Expansion of Open Loop

Transit App Introduces First-of-Its-Kind Feature Telling Users Where They Can Pay with Open Loop