Panel of Experts to Debate Costs, Other Issues Transit Agencies Face in Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments
There’s little doubt that open-loop payments is the highest profile trend in the fare-collection industry. [...]Read More
Category: Open Loop
Fare payments with contactless EMV cards or card credentials in NFC wallets.
California Replaces System That Helped Link Concessionary Fares to Open-Loop Cards Following Review by State Agencies
California transit officials have relaunched their senior discount verification program after shutting it down for six months, during which multiple state agencies conducted a security review, Mobility Payments has learned.…
UK Transit Agency Plans London-Style Multimodal Contactless System with Fare Capping
Transit officials serving the UK’s second largest city, Birmingham, and the surrounding West Midlands region are moving forward with a London-style multimodal fare-capping system for contactless credit and debit payments,…
Bid Update: Comercia Global Payments Bid for Barcelona Open-Loop Project Comes in Under Tender Budget
The winning bid for the fast-tracked procurement of an open-loop payments system by Barcelona transit authority ATM came in at €3.28 million (US$3.25 million), Mobility Payments has learned. That is…
Conduent Transportation Chief on Company’s Spin-Off Issue: ‘Several Weeks Later, No One’s Talking About It’
In April, U.S.-based Conduent created considerable buzz in the fare-collection industry when it announced it would spin off or sell its transportation business. [...]Read More
California Commuter Rail Agency Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments
The Capitol Corridor commuter and intercity rail service in Northern California plans to launch an open-loop payments trial in February, likely followed by a full rollout of the technology, Mobility…
Metrolinx Launches Open Loop in Toronto, though Not Yet with Largest Operators
Toronto transit agency Metrolinx Thursday launched acceptance of open-loop credit payments on its commuter service GO Transit, along with three suburban bus operators, while upgrading its UP Express airport rail…
Barcelona Transit Authority Believed to Have Received Only One Bid For Fast-Tracked Open-Loop Project
Large Spanish processor and acquirer Comercia Global Payments is believed to be the only bidder for a fast-tracked project by Barcelona transit authority ATM to roll out an open-loop payments…
Transit Agency Group Gets Low Price in California Open-Loop Procurement
In one of the first procurements of open-loop technology past the pilot stage for the pioneering California Integrated Travel Project, a group of rural transit agencies in Northern California received…
Transport for London Signals Plans to Enable Concessionary Fare Discounts with Open-Loop Payments
Transport for London is working on a system to tie discounts for seniors, students, disabled persons and other concessions to open-loop cards and devices, the agency confirmed to Mobility Payments.…
