D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange

Washington, D.C, transit authority WMATA will pay vendor Littlepay just under $5.1 million over eight years in licensing, employee and other managed services fees, not counting transaction fees, for running the authority’s open-loop service, according to...

Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

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Transit agencies in the U.S. and beyond will be watching to see whether a recent gambit by major agency Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to hire small Australia-based payments service provider Littlepay over its large incumbent supplier,...

SaaS-Ticketing Vendors Begin to Bring Open-Loop Payments to Small and Mid-Tier Transit Agencies in North America

The Milwaukee County Transit System, or MCTS, last month became one of the latest transit agencies to launch credit and debit card and mobile wallet acceptance from its SaaS ticketing supplier’s platform–part of a trend that is starting to enable more...

Los Angeles-Area Commuter Rail Operator Seeks to Offer Open Loop in Time for World Cup, Olympics; Hopes to Fare Better than Northern Counterpart

Southern California commuter rail operator Metrolink plans to launch a pilot of open-loop payments in advance of World Cup matches to be hosted by Los Angeles and could roll out the service across its seven lines in time for the Summer Olympics in...

Wellington Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments Next April–Refusing to Wait for New Zealand’s National Ticketing Solution     

The transport authority serving New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, said it can no longer wait for the country’s “National Ticketing Solution” to reach the city and is spending NZ$5.5 million ($3.2 million) in local money to enable open-loop payments...
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