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Canadian Transit Agencies Move to Enable Domestic Debit but Open Loop Expected to Continue to Take Back Seat

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 21, 2022 (January 12, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged STL, TransLink

Montréal-area transit operator STL this month officially launched its open-loop payments service–one of the few in Canada and the largest project outside of Vancouver. [...]Read More

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Transit Agency: High Bank Card Fees Would Limit Open-Loop Rollouts in U.S.

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 14, 2022 (August 30, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice, Sacramento Regional Transit

A top revenue manager for Sacramento Regional Transit, the agency serving California’s capital city, said he believes there won’t be widespread rollouts of open-loop payments in California or throughout the…

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Transport for London Sees Open-Loop Revenue Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 14, 2022 (December 16, 2022)Posted in Open Loop

Contactless open-loop payments revenue has already returned to pre-pandemic levels in London, despite ridership on the London Underground still around one-third lower than in 2019 and bus ridership down by…

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Exclusive: Flowbird CEO Says He’s Confident of Winning Business in California Despite Exclusion from Cal-ITP

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 31, 2022 (April 1, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Flowbird

The CEO of France-based ticketing and fare-payments provider Flowbird said the company will continue to pursue business in California for its open-loop technology despite not being selected for an open-loop…

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Exclusive: French Cities Make Move to Open-Loop Payments, Though Paris Holds Back

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 31, 2022 (June 27, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, France

France had fallen behind such open-loop payments hotspots in Europe as the UK and Italy. But it has been catching up over the past couple of years, starting with small…

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Houston Metro Approves Expensive Contract Option to Continue to Accept Cash on Board Buses

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 31, 2022 (June 3, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged INIT

While Houston Metro, a large public bus agency in the U.S., plans to introduce open-loop payments as part of an account-based ticketing system now being built for it, the agency…

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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 (October 2, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

Card at terminal, Monterey-Salinas Transit

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…

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California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Officially Open for Business; Vendors Offer Range of Prices and Integration Levels

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (February 15, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

California’s “Mobility Marketplace,” which aims to sell transit agencies in the state and beyond the core components they need build open-loop fare-collection systems, is now open for business. [...]Read More

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Stockholm Transit Agency Sees Strong Growth in Open-Loop Payments During First Year of Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 3, 2022 (March 4, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged SL, Sweden

Stockholm, open-loop card tapping reader on bus

Nearly a year after Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched open-loop payments for its multimodal transport network, the agency was seeing around 15% of its total fare revenue coming…

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California Open-Loop Program Chief: Transit Agencies Should Stop Thinking They Need to Create a ‘Separate Currency’

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 24, 2022 (February 26, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

Gillian Gillett, manager for the California Integrated Mobility program in the state Department of Transportation, once observed that 97% of Californians never even think about using public transit. “I mean,…

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Category: Open Loop

Canadian Transit Agencies Move to Enable Domestic Debit but Open Loop Expected to Continue to Take Back Seat

Transit Agency: High Bank Card Fees Would Limit Open-Loop Rollouts in U.S.

Transport for London Sees Open-Loop Revenue Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Exclusive: Flowbird CEO Says He’s Confident of Winning Business in California Despite Exclusion from Cal-ITP

Exclusive: French Cities Make Move to Open-Loop Payments, Though Paris Holds Back

Houston Metro Approves Expensive Contract Option to Continue to Accept Cash on Board Buses

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

California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Officially Open for Business; Vendors Offer Range of Prices and Integration Levels

Stockholm Transit Agency Sees Strong Growth in Open-Loop Payments During First Year of Service

California Open-Loop Program Chief: Transit Agencies Should Stop Thinking They Need to Create a ‘Separate Currency’

Canada’s BC Transit Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments, as Cubic Seeks to Keep Pace in SaaS-Ticketing Market

Seoul to Support Open-Loop Payments by Next Year on Buses, 2027 on Metro

Cubic’s Recently Installed Head of Europe Departs Abruptly; Maitland Under Pressure

Cubic Contends It was Low Bidder and should have Won London Contract; Claims Unfair Treatment, Possible Conflict of Interest as Details of Lawsuit Emerge

Tip Sheet: Cubic Believed to be Sole Vendor in Running for Sydney Deal; TfL: Revenue-Collection Procurement Not Over Yet; Madrid Seeks ABT System

Cubic’s Recently Installed Head of Europe Departs Abruptly; Maitland Under Pressure

Cubic Contends It was Low Bidder and should have Won London Contract; Claims Unfair Treatment, Possible Conflict of Interest as Details of Lawsuit Emerge

Review of New Zealand National Fare Project Predicts More ‘Significant Delays’ and Likely Cost Overruns; Government in ‘Commercial' Talks with Cubic, Others

One Year On: Denmark’s Bold Mobile-First Strategy has Reached Nearly 50% Adoption; Getting the Rest Could be More Difficult

Updated: Cubic Short-Listed for Must-Win Sydney Contract; Hitachi Rail, Others, Believed Out