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Start-Up Aims to Encourage More Taxi Drivers to Accept Bank Cards for Fares in Turkey

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on August 13, 2021 (August 13, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged SoftPOS, Yapı Kredi

A Turkish start-up hopes to entice more taxi drivers to accept contactless credit and debit cards using SoftPOS terminals on Android smartphones, under a scheme being rolled out by the…

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Demand Growing for Tap On/Tap Off Fare Payments on UK Buses

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 10, 2021 (August 31, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged First Bus, Go-Ahead Group

More UK bus operators outside of London are expanding their contactless open-loop payments services to enable customers to tap on when they board and tap off at their desired stops,…

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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. [...]Read More

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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…

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WMATA in D.C. Rolling Out New Terminals but has No Immediate Plans to Support Open Loop

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 29, 2021 (November 6, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged SmarTrip, WMATA

The Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority last month started to replace 1,200 aging faregates for its 91-station metro system and starting next year will do the same with 20-plus…

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California Launches Two More Pilots under Open-Loop Initiative

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 28, 2021 (July 29, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Kuba, Littlepay

California transportation officials announced two more pilots for their open-loop payments initiative, Cal-ITP, bringing to four the number of six-month “demonstration” projects they have launched with small transit agencies and…

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Porto Launches Open-Loop Pilot on Metro Line and Bus Route, Targeting Tourists; Plans Call for Rollout by 2022

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 27, 2021 (July 27, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged STCP, Transportes Intermodais do Porto, Visa

Porto aims to become one of the next cities in Europe to roll out contactless open-loop payments, launching a pilot on a Porto Metro line and a route of STCP,…

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Interest Growing in Open-Loop Payments in California, Says Cal-ITP

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 26, 2021 (August 17, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Caltrans

California transportation officials are hearing strong demand among transit agencies in the state to move to open-loop payments, a person handling communications for the state Department of Transportation’s California’s Integrated…

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Case Study: BONNsmart Project Seeks to Introduce Open-Loop Payments to Cash-Loving Germany

by Kiona SmithPosted on July 14, 2021 (July 14, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Case Study, Scheidt & Bachmann, SWB Bus and Bahn

SWB Bus and Bahn, the transit agency serving the city of Bonn, is the first such operator in Germany to accept contactless EMV payments. [...]Read More

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State of California Seeks to Change Way Transit Agencies Procure Fare Systems

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 7, 2021 (September 17, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Caltrans, Editor's Choice, Littlepay, Visa

Card at terminal-Monetery-Salinas Transit

As the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, sees it, the state’s more than 300 local transit agencies offer a fragmented and inefficient mix of fare collection systems–a fact it…

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Category: Open Loop

Start-Up Aims to Encourage More Taxi Drivers to Accept Bank Cards for Fares in Turkey

Demand Growing for Tap On/Tap Off Fare Payments on UK Buses

Another Italian City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments

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

WMATA in D.C. Rolling Out New Terminals but has No Immediate Plans to Support Open Loop

California Launches Two More Pilots under Open-Loop Initiative

Porto Launches Open-Loop Pilot on Metro Line and Bus Route, Targeting Tourists; Plans Call for Rollout by 2022

Interest Growing in Open-Loop Payments in California, Says Cal-ITP

Case Study: BONNsmart Project Seeks to Introduce Open-Loop Payments to Cash-Loving Germany

State of California Seeks to Change Way Transit Agencies Procure Fare Systems

Vendors Prepare to Compete for Business, as New York’s MTA Requests First Bids for Large Fare-Evasion Project

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Barcelona Transport Authority Sets Date for Launch of Open-Loop Payments…Again; Can It Make It This Time?

Miami-Dade County Recommends Masabi for Back Office Deal; If Approved by Board, Debt-Strapped Cubic Would Lose Another Contract as Incumbent