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Open-Loop-Leaning Panel Sees Role for Closed-Loop Payments in Transit

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 12, 2023 (May 12, 2023)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Closed-loop, Visa

Despite the growth of open-loop payments, closed loop will continue to play a necessary role for transit agencies, especially to accommodate the unbanked and underbanked and customers that don’t want to use their credit or debit cards to pay fares,...

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Budapest Transit Agency Confirms Mastercard Will Pay for Open-Loop Pilot but Won’t Say How Much

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 8, 2023 (February 9, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged BKK

Mastercard is footing the bill for a large share of the cost to roll out and operate an open-loop payments pilot for Budapest transit agency BKK, but the agency won’t say how much the payments scheme is paying, Mobility Payments has learned. [...]

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In-Depth: Venice Open-Loop Service Projected to Launch Next Fall Following Unconventional Procurement Process

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 20, 2022 (March 13, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged AVM, Venice

AVM, the Italian public transit agency that runs buses, trams, water buses and shuttles in Venice, plans to launch its open-loop payments service next fall after apparent delays, the agency said Monday, following official award of a contract as part of its...

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 2, 2022 (December 3, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged ATAC

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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Updated: Budapest Transit Agency to Launch Open-Loop Payments Pilot with Help from Mastercard

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 10, 2022 (November 23, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged BKK, Mastercard

Budapest public transit operator BKK will launch a pilot of open-loop payments on its airport shuttle bus line early next year, a project that involves Mastercard. [...]

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Open Loop Has Limitations for Riders and Transit Agencies, Says French Closed-Loop Tech Supplier

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 21, 2022 (July 22, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged France, IDFM, Wizway

Users of open-loop payments in France are mainly tourists and occasional riders paying for single tickets–not the transit agencies’ regular customers–the head of a company that implements closed-loop mobile NFC ticketing in France, told Mobility...

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Another Italian City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on August 9, 2021 (August 9, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Conduent, Rome

Italy continues to be a leader in the rollout of open-loop fare payments with even mid-tier cities now introducing the technology to riders. [...]

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Italian Transit Operators Expand Use of cEMV, but Cash Difficult to Unseat

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 5, 2021 (July 4, 2021)Posted in New Takes-Italy eEMVTagged ATAC

Major Italian public transit operators, including those in Rome and Milan, see contactless EMV payments as an important option for customers, even enabling them to use their contactless bank cards in place of monthly passes. And the operators have bigger...

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Rome Operator: Covid Accelerates Demand for Contactless but Customer Habits Hard to Change

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 29, 2021 (May 30, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged ATAC, Francesco Amendola, Rome, Vix Technology

The CIO of Italy’s largest public transit operator, ATAC SpA, said the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated demand for open-loop contactless and mobile payments, but added that old habits are hard to break for customers and use of cash and paper tickets are...

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Italy’s Fourth Largest City Latest to Launch Open-Loop Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (March 24, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Gruppo Torinese Trasporti, Italy, Turin

Transit officials in Turin, Italy, have launched acceptance of fares with contactless EMV bank cards and NFC wallets. The Covid-19 pandemic aftermath is expected to accelerate the already significant trend for transit agencies to implement open-loop fare...

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Open-Loop-Leaning Panel Sees Role for Closed-Loop Payments in Transit

Budapest Transit Agency Confirms Mastercard Will Pay for Open-Loop Pilot but Won’t Say How Much

In-Depth: Venice Open-Loop Service Projected to Launch Next Fall Following Unconventional Procurement Process

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

Updated: Budapest Transit Agency to Launch Open-Loop Payments Pilot with Help from Mastercard

Open Loop Has Limitations for Riders and Transit Agencies, Says French Closed-Loop Tech Supplier

Another Italian City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments

Italian Transit Operators Expand Use of cEMV, but Cash Difficult to Unseat

Rome Operator: Covid Accelerates Demand for Contactless but Customer Habits Hard to Change

Italy’s Fourth Largest City Latest to Launch Open-Loop Service

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