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Three Big Agencies Say Devices Starting to Dominate Cards for Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 25, 2024 (April 17, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MTA, Sydney, Transport for London

Figures from three of the largest transit agencies accepting open-loop payments show that NFC wallets are becoming the most common way customers tap their credit and debit cards to pay,…

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Tip Sheet: Groundbreaking Open-Loop Procurement in Venice May Finally Launch in Spring

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 19, 2024 (March 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Auckland, Editor's Choice, London, Sweden, Venice

An official with Venice transit agency AVM said the agency plans to launch its delayed open-loop service in the tourist mecca on May 1, which would be one year later…

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Worldline COO: Open Loop as ‘Revolution’ is Oversold; Urges Truly Revolutionary Thinking on Payments, Fare Models

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 13, 2024 (March 14, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Worldline

James Bain, COO of global mobility transactional services for Worldline, a major European processor and acquirer–in a striking acknowledgement–said that payments companies have overpromised and oversold the benefits of open-loop…

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Tip Sheet: Transport for London Criticizes Payments Industry for Rising Fees and Higher Fraud Losses

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 5, 2024 (March 19, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Transport for London

Transport for London contactless payments

Complaining of rising transaction fees and higher fraud, Transport or London today suggested that actions by banks and payments schemes threatened to kill the “golden goose” of contactless fare payments…

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U.S. Agency Approves Sole-Source Contract for Cubic, Asserting It Would Save 30% by Avoiding Competitive Procurement

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 1, 2024 (March 1, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cubic, Metro Transit

Officials in the U.S. state of Minnesota, as expected, gave final approval this week to a $37.7 million sole-source contract for incumbent supplier Cubic Transportation Systems to upgrade the Minneapolis-St.…

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‘It was Theirs to Lose’: A Look at Cubic’s Surprising Loss of Key U.S. Fare Project after Tight Competition with INIT

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 27, 2024 (October 25, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MARTA

Large fare-system supplier Cubic Transportation Systems was ahead on points over second-ranked vendor INIT after the first round of competition last summer for a contract to provide the Atlanta Rapid…

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New Zealand’s Nationwide Open-Loop Project Running Late; Can Organizers Get It Back on Track?

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 27, 2024 (July 7, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged New Zealand

New Zealand’s much-anticipated nationwide open-loop fare system is believed to be running beyond schedule, with officials unlikely to hit project deadlines, including any substantive initial launch this year, Mobility Payments…

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Two Years On, California’s Open-Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ has Failed to Take Off, though Deal May be Coming

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 21, 2024 (February 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

The California Integrated Travel Project, or Cal-ITP, did not add any new transit agencies for the third quarter in a row, as of end of 2023, and open-loop transactions remained…

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Genfare Wins Tender in Miami to Replace Fare Boxes, Ticket-Vending Machines and Transit Gates

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 15, 2024 (February 16, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Miami-Dade Transit

U.S.-based Genfare appears set to receive an approximately $65 million contract from Miami-Dade County, Fla., after beating out three other vendors to supply new fare boxes, ticket-vending machines and transit…

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Mikroelektronika Set to Unseat Incumbent Vix with Low Bid in Sweden’s No. 2 City; Can Vendor Deliver for Price?

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 14, 2024 (April 18, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sweden

Czech Republic-based fare-system provider Mikroelektronika submitted the low bid to win the procurement of a new fare system in Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, besting a field of bidders that included…

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Category: Open Loop

Three Big Agencies Say Devices Starting to Dominate Cards for Open-Loop Payments

Tip Sheet: Groundbreaking Open-Loop Procurement in Venice May Finally Launch in Spring

Worldline COO: Open Loop as ‘Revolution’ is Oversold; Urges Truly Revolutionary Thinking on Payments, Fare Models

Tip Sheet: Transport for London Criticizes Payments Industry for Rising Fees and Higher Fraud Losses

U.S. Agency Approves Sole-Source Contract for Cubic, Asserting It Would Save 30% by Avoiding Competitive Procurement

‘It was Theirs to Lose’: A Look at Cubic’s Surprising Loss of Key U.S. Fare Project after Tight Competition with INIT

New Zealand’s Nationwide Open-Loop Project Running Late; Can Organizers Get It Back on Track?

Two Years On, California’s Open-Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ has Failed to Take Off, though Deal May be Coming

Genfare Wins Tender in Miami to Replace Fare Boxes, Ticket-Vending Machines and Transit Gates

Mikroelektronika Set to Unseat Incumbent Vix with Low Bid in Sweden’s No. 2 City; Can Vendor Deliver for Price?

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

Queensland Cites Cubic Delays, 50-Cent Fares, as Reasons for Changing Smart Ticketing Contract

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

Queensland Government Pulls Regional Bus Operators out of ‘Smart Ticketing’ Fare Project–a Loss for Cubic

Indra Executive Says Vendor would Not have Relied Only on Price to Beat Cubic in London

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

Major San Francisco Transit Operator BART to Launch Open-Loop Payments Tomorrow following Delays

Cubic Execs Seek to Calm Worries among Agencies and Employees as Its Poor Showing in London and Lawsuit against TfL Sink in

Breaking: Cubic Transportation Systems Files Legal Challenge to Transport for London Decision on Revenue-Collection Contract Award