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Montreal Transport Authority to Issue New RFP after Disappointing Results from Previous Tender Request

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 5, 2024 (November 7, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Montreal

Montreal-area transport authority, Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain, or ARTM, plans to issue a new call for tenders in coming weeks for its planned account-based ticketing system after scrapping the…

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Death of Dutch Prepaid Bank Card Deal Shows Concept is Difficult Proposition for Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 4, 2024 (September 21, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Netherlands, OVpay

The recent break between Dutch transport-ticketing agency Translink Systems and Netherlands-based neobank bunq is another setback for the idea of using prepaid bank cards in place of closed-loop fare cards…

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Toronto’s Metrolinx Launches Virtual Closed-Loop Presto Cards for Apple Devices

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 16, 2024 (October 25, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Metrolinx, Presto

Toronto-area transit agency Metrolinx today launched its closed-loop Presto card in the Apple Wallet for use with iPhones and Apple Watches. The move comes nearly eight months after Metrolinx enabled…

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Melbourne Project Believed to be Behind Schedule; Officials Keep Mum about Any Problems

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 3, 2024 (May 16, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Melbourne

State transport officials in Melbourne are not voicing any concerns publicly, but behind the scenes, they are believed to be growing increasingly impatient with the apparent slow progress their main…

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Cubic Hires Former Vix Chief as Head of Business Development, Replacing ‘Turnaround Expert’ in Post

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 11, 2024 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Cubic

Cubic Transportation Systems has replaced its head of business development–and turnaround expert–Rich Varos with fare-industry veteran and former head of Vix Technology David Maitland, Mobility Payments has learned. The move,…

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Cubic This Week Sees Transit Boards Act on Its Contracts in Four Major U.S. Cities–the Results were Mixed at Best

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 24, 2024 (June 7, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Cubic, Editor's Choice

Board members for transit agencies in four major U.S. cities this week either proposed or approved changes to their contracts with the same fare systems vendor–Cubic Transportation Systems. Overall, it…

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Tip Sheet: Cubic Lays Off More Employees; Contends It Needs to ‘Become Leaner’ and More Competitive

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 15, 2024 (May 15, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Cubic, Montreal, SEPTA

Cubic Transportation Systems is laying off more employees in an effort, it says, to “become leaner and more responsive” to the market, Mobility Payments has learned. The U.S.-based vendor, the…

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Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 8, 2024 (May 22, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, NTA, OMNY, SEPTA

As Mobility Payments reported late last month, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been issuing a reloadable closed-loop OMNY card since October 2021, which uses white-label EMV technology. But the…

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CEO of Thales Fare Unit: Expect ‘Continuity’ of Operations When Hitachi Takes Over

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 13, 2024 (March 14, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Thales

The head of fare-systems supplier Thales RCS confirmed that there will be a “continuity” of operations for the vendor after Hitachi Rail completes its acquisition of Thales Ground Transportation Systems,…

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Tip Sheet: Vix Chief Ross Dismisses Talk of Merger with Kuba

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 13, 2024 (March 24, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Tmoney, Transport for London, Vix Technology

Vix Technology CEO Aaron Ross told Mobility Payments that even though he will continue to head up both Vix and Kuba and that the two fare vendors share a private…

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Category: Closed Loop

Montreal Transport Authority to Issue New RFP after Disappointing Results from Previous Tender Request

Death of Dutch Prepaid Bank Card Deal Shows Concept is Difficult Proposition for Agencies

Toronto’s Metrolinx Launches Virtual Closed-Loop Presto Cards for Apple Devices

Melbourne Project Believed to be Behind Schedule; Officials Keep Mum about Any Problems

Cubic Hires Former Vix Chief as Head of Business Development, Replacing ‘Turnaround Expert’ in Post

Cubic This Week Sees Transit Boards Act on Its Contracts in Four Major U.S. Cities–the Results were Mixed at Best

Tip Sheet: Cubic Lays Off More Employees; Contends It Needs to ‘Become Leaner’ and More Competitive

Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

CEO of Thales Fare Unit: Expect ‘Continuity’ of Operations When Hitachi Takes Over

Tip Sheet: Vix Chief Ross Dismisses Talk of Merger with Kuba

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

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

Transit Agency Serving California Capital Introduces SaaS-Based Fare System; Plans to Replace Existing Closed-Loop Card and App

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