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Open-Loop-Leaning Panel Sees Role for Closed-Loop Payments in Transit

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 12, 2023 (May 12, 2023)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Closed-loop, Visa

Despite the growth of open-loop payments, closed loop will continue to play a necessary role for transit agencies, especially to accommodate the unbanked and underbanked and customers that don’t want…

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Philadelphia Transit Agency Seeks to Overhaul ‘Troubled’ Fare System

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 20, 2023 (August 11, 2023)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged SEPTA

For years, Philadelphia transit authority SEPTA was supposed to be the next big agency in North America to support open-loop payments. Now it appears that a launch of open loop…

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Utah Transit Agency Hires Vendor for New Fare-Collection System

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 18, 2023 (May 27, 2023)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Utah Transit Authority

The Utah Transit Authority has hired fare-collection system vendor Scheidt & Bachmann to implement and host its new account-based ticketing system, including replacing all validators and ticket-vending machines and also…

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Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 30, 2023 (December 27, 2024)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Mifare, OMNY, OVpay, Stockholm

Transit agency Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched what is believed to be the industry’s first rollout of white-label EMV cards for its closed-loop customers in September 2021. To…

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Canadian City to Launch Its First Closed-Loop Contactless Card Rollout Today

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on November 21, 2022 (November 24, 2022)Posted in Closed Loop

Canada’s fifth largest city, Edmonton, launches its first electronic fare card today, with the closed-loop contactless Arc card becoming available for standard adult fares. An open-loop payments service will eventually…

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Transport for London Launches Procurement of Major Fare-Collection Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 15, 2022 (November 17, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London

Transport for London yesterday launched its much-anticipated call for tenders to find the next vendor to run its high-profile fare-collection system–with the so-called “Project Proteus” expected to be one of…

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Open Loop Has Limitations for Riders and Transit Agencies, Says French Closed-Loop Tech Supplier

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 21, 2022 (July 22, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged France, IDFM, Wizway

Users of open-loop payments in France are mainly tourists and occasional riders paying for single tickets–not the transit agencies’ regular customers–the head of a company that implements closed-loop mobile NFC…

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Transit Agencies Feel Heat from Chip Shortage as They Source Closed-Loop Cards

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 22, 2022 (June 29, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Chip shortage, Metro, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Transit agencies continue to see long lead times on their closed-loop card orders because of supply-chain issues, and the situation is unlikely to improve this year. [...]Read More

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Ireland’s National Transport Authority Prepares to Accept Bids for Large Next-Generation Ticketing Project

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 26, 2022 (October 30, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Ireland

Ireland’s National Transport Authority, or NTA, plans to award a contract for its long-awaited nationwide next-generation ticketing project by the fourth quarter of next year, the agency has told Mobility…

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Conduent to Part with Its Transportation Business Unit, Including Fare Collection

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 11, 2022 (April 12, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Conduent

U.S.-based Conduent, a business services outsourcing company, said it would sell or spin off its transportation business unit, a major automated fare-collection system supplier globally. [...]Read More

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Category: Closed Loop

Open-Loop-Leaning Panel Sees Role for Closed-Loop Payments in Transit

Philadelphia Transit Agency Seeks to Overhaul ‘Troubled’ Fare System

Utah Transit Agency Hires Vendor for New Fare-Collection System

Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

Canadian City to Launch Its First Closed-Loop Contactless Card Rollout Today

Transport for London Launches Procurement of Major Fare-Collection Contract

Open Loop Has Limitations for Riders and Transit Agencies, Says French Closed-Loop Tech Supplier

Transit Agencies Feel Heat from Chip Shortage as They Source Closed-Loop Cards

Ireland’s National Transport Authority Prepares to Accept Bids for Large Next-Generation Ticketing Project

Conduent to Part with Its Transportation Business Unit, Including Fare Collection

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

U.S. Federal Rules Surface Again as Issue for Transit Agencies Outside California Buying Open-Loop Technology through Cal-ITP

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