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Major Transit Agency to Test Virtual Closed-Loop Cards with Google Pay

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on August 5, 2021 (November 4, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Moscow Metro, Pays wallets, Troika Card

Hand holding smartphone with virtual Troika card at gate.

Moscow Metro is launching a trial of a virtual version of its closed-loop Troika card that will be added to the Google Pay wallet, the agency announced Wednesday. [...]Read More

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Case Study: Ohio Transit Agency Nears Goal of Ridding Vehicles of Cash

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 23, 2021 (October 25, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Greater Dayton RTA, Masabi

(Updated case study): The chief customer and business development officer for the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority in the U.S. told Mobility Payments that a phased approach in rolling out…

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Smaller Slovakian Bus Agencies Support Virtual Cards in Google Pay

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 15, 2021 (July 16, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Google Pay

Two mid-tier bus operators in Slovakia are among the latest to enable their customers to tap virtual closed-loop transit cards in Google Pay to pay fares, using a provisioning service…

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Calypso Backers Seek to Expand Mobile Ticketing on Android Phones

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 7, 2021 (July 7, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Calypso Networks Association, Île-de-France Mobilités, Wizway

The recent move by CTS, the transit agency serving the French city of Strasbourg, to make its NFC mobile-ticketing service available to users of nearly all Android phones, could signal…

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Case Study: One U.S. Transit Agency’s Journey toward Eliminating Cash

by Kiona SmithPosted on July 7, 2021 (July 19, 2021)Posted in Closed Loop

Dayton Regional Transit Authority in the U.S. plans to eliminate cash fares by the end of the year, an agency representative told Mobility Payments, with an expanded rollout of contactless…

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Washington, D.C.’s, SmarTrip Latest Closed-Loop Fare Card Added to Pays Wallet

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 9, 2021 (July 15, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Apple Pay, Google Pay, WMATA

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, as expected, has added its closed-loop fare card SmarTrip to Google Pay, following support by Apple Pay for the card last year.…

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Insight: Apple Pay Launch of Virtual Closed-Loop Virtual Clipper Card Follows Emerging Trend

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 5, 2021 (June 5, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Apple Pay, Clipper, MTC

Although the trend for transit agencies to support open-loop fare payments, including with Apple Pay, Google Pay and other Pays wallets, has continued unabated–even accelerated–during the pandemic, another trend is…

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Sydney to Test Multimodal Payments with Private Mobility Providers Using Digital Opal Card

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 1, 2021 (June 28, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Lime, Opal card, Transport for New South Wales, Uber

A trial to be held later this year in Australia’s largest city, Sydney, if it proves successful, could offer one example for how agencies can encourage customers to take multimodal…

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Dubai Transit Authority Plans to Launch Its Closed-Loop Card in More NFC Wallets

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 25, 2021 (April 5, 2021)Posted in Closed Loop, Mobile TicketingTagged Apple Pay, Closed-Loop Payments, Dubai, Huawei, RTA, Samsung Pay

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, or RTA, which in December first launched mobile fare payments with a digital version of its closed-loop card in Huawei smartphones, says it plans to…

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Los Angeles Transit Authority Follows Through with Plans to Enable TAP Card for Apple Pay; Google Pay to Follow

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (June 24, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Apple Pay, Cubic, LA Metro, Ventra, WMATA

Another major U.S. transit agency has introduced a virtual closed-loop card for Apple Pay this week, with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or Metro, It comes a couple…

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Category: Closed Loop

Major Transit Agency to Test Virtual Closed-Loop Cards with Google Pay

Case Study: Ohio Transit Agency Nears Goal of Ridding Vehicles of Cash

Smaller Slovakian Bus Agencies Support Virtual Cards in Google Pay

Calypso Backers Seek to Expand Mobile Ticketing on Android Phones

Case Study: One U.S. Transit Agency’s Journey toward Eliminating Cash

Washington, D.C.’s, SmarTrip Latest Closed-Loop Fare Card Added to Pays Wallet

Insight: Apple Pay Launch of Virtual Closed-Loop Virtual Clipper Card Follows Emerging Trend

Sydney to Test Multimodal Payments with Private Mobility Providers Using Digital Opal Card

Dubai Transit Authority Plans to Launch Its Closed-Loop Card in More NFC Wallets

Los Angeles Transit Authority Follows Through with Plans to Enable TAP Card for Apple Pay; Google Pay to Follow

Tip Sheet: Another Suitor Believed to have Emerged for Conduent’s Transportation Unit

Cubic Jumps from Fourth to First in Rank for Miami Back-Office Contract, as Competing Vendors Weigh Protests

Wellington Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments Next April–Refusing to Wait for New Zealand’s National Ticketing Solution

Insight: Paris Warms to Open-Loop Payments but Don’t Expect a London-Style Rollout

Electric Vehicle Market in U.S. Adjusts to Loss of Sales Incentives, Charger Subsidies

Cubic Jumps from Fourth to First in Rank for Miami Back-Office Contract, as Competing Vendors Weigh Protests

D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange

Tip Sheet: Layoffs at Cubic–Vendor Says It Amounts to Only 2% of Workforce but Won’t Release Figures; Insiders Say Cuts Taking Toll on Engineers, Others

In Harsh Response to Cubic’s Lawsuit, Transport for London Contends It Could have Rejected Vendor on Several Grounds

Maitland Out at Cubic; CTS President Montgomery-Torrellas to Take Over ‘Growth’ Position Himself