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Florence Launches Open-Loop Payments for Single Rides with Help from Visa

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 2, 2024 (April 3, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Italy, Milan, Naples, Rome

The bus and tram operator in Florence and the surrounding Tuscany region in Italy launched open-loop payments for single rides last week, with help from Visa. Transport operator Autolinee Toscane, owned by France-based RATP Group, introduced the technology,...

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Lisbon Metro’s Open-Loop Project Gets Help from Visa, with Contribution from Payments Scheme

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 1, 2023 (May 7, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Visa

Lisbon is latest European capital to launch open-loop payments, with the Lisbon Metro introducing the service recently. [...]

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Special Report: Visa’s Marketing Message on Open-Loop Projects–Does It Add Up?

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 6, 2023 (March 14, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Visa

Open-loop payments is perhaps the hottest fare-payments technology around today. But getting reliable estimates on just how large the open-loop footprint is has proved to be difficult. [...]

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Visa Seeks to Boost Open-Loop Payments in Asia Pacific, Where Technology has So Far Lagged Behind

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 23, 2022 (November 24, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Visa

In a region that has lagged behind in open-loop payments rollouts, Visa Tuesday sought to showcase the two largest launches to date in Asia Pacific, in Sydney and Singapore, where representatives of transit agencies said they are seeing strong adoption of the...

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Visa Reports 50 Open-Loop Launches and Strong Growth in Transactions for First Half of Fiscal Year

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 27, 2022 (April 28, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Visa

Visa said 50 more cities globally introduced open-loop payments that included acceptance of Visa-branded cards and NFC wallet credentials during the six months ending March 31, though the payments scheme is believed to be including cities where agencies only...

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Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (December 14, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

Visa has quietly introduced a new interchange category for transit agencies in California, Mobility Payments has learned. If rolled out nationally and across more card types, the changes could substantially reduce the high fees that agencies pay to accept...

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Italian Transit Operator and Visa Launch Open-Loop Pilot Enabling Multipassenger Fare Capping

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on February 22, 2022 (April 2, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged AMT, Visa

Italian transit operator AMT along with Visa have launched a pilot of open-loop fares payments, enabling multipassenger fare capping for the first time in Italy–and probably for one of the first times globally. [...]

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Visa Touts Growth in Contactless, Continues to Push Open-Loop Payments

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 30, 2021 (July 31, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Visa

Visa reported this week that contactless payments continued to climb as a percentage of all face-to-face transactions with its brand at retail, and among the uses the network is continuing to push for contactless payments is to pay transit fares. [...]

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Visa, Mastercard Forecast More Contactless Growth in U.S., Spurred in Part by New York Fare Payments Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (June 26, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA, OMNY, Visa

The heads of the two largest payments networks in the U.S., Visa and Mastercard, predict strong growth for contactless payments in the U.S., with Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga noting that 70% of U.S. Mastercard-branded cards in the U.S. are coming up for reissue...

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Bangkok Transit Agency Disappointed with Open-Loop Adoption Rate with Credit Cards; Rolls Out Prepaid EMV Card

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 25, 2024 (July 26, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Thailand

Open-loop payments account for 13% of rides on the main metro line of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand in Bangkok. Many transit agencies would be happy with that adoption rate–especially less than two and a half years after introducing the...

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Florence Launches Open-Loop Payments for Single Rides with Help from Visa

Lisbon Metro’s Open-Loop Project Gets Help from Visa, with Contribution from Payments Scheme

Special Report: Visa’s Marketing Message on Open-Loop Projects–Does It Add Up?

Visa Seeks to Boost Open-Loop Payments in Asia Pacific, Where Technology has So Far Lagged Behind

Visa Reports 50 Open-Loop Launches and Strong Growth in Transactions for First Half of Fiscal Year

Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

Italian Transit Operator and Visa Launch Open-Loop Pilot Enabling Multipassenger Fare Capping

Visa Touts Growth in Contactless, Continues to Push Open-Loop Payments

Visa, Mastercard Forecast More Contactless Growth in U.S., Spurred in Part by New York Fare Payments Service

Bangkok Transit Agency Disappointed with Open-Loop Adoption Rate with Credit Cards; Rolls Out Prepaid EMV Card

Bangkok Transit Agency Disappointed with Open-Loop Adoption Rate with Credit Cards; Rolls Out Prepaid EMV Card

Toronto’s Metrolinx Launches Virtual Closed-Loop Presto Cards for Apple Devices

U.S. Intercity Train Service Faces Challenges with Open Loop, but Says ‘Contactless Payment Works on Rail’

Regulators Question Backers of Denmark’s High-Profile National Mobile-Ticketing App over Data-Protection Concerns

Melbourne Project Believed to be Behind Schedule; Officials Keep Mum about Any Problems

U.S. Intercity Train Service Faces Challenges with Open Loop, but Says ‘Contactless Payment Works on Rail’

Cubic Faces Tight Deadline to Implement Open-Loop Payments in Los Angeles

Analysis: Boston Project Finally to Get Rolling; What had Gone Wrong?

Cubic This Week Sees Transit Boards Act on Its Contracts in Four Major U.S. Cities–the Results were Mixed at Best

In-Depth: New York’s MTA Takes Away Part of OMNY Project from Cubic; Seeks Completion of Rollout by Close of 2025