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Ohio Transit Agency Expects Significant Revenue Loss as It Builds Equity with Fare Capping

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 3, 2021 (November 19, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged COTA, Greater Dayton RTA, Masabi

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The Central Ohio Transit Authority, or COTA, officially launched its new digital-payments service Monday, including a fare-capping feature that the agency estimates will cost it $1.8 million per year in…

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Moscow Metro Launches Full Rollout of ‘Face Pay;’ Largest Biometric Payments Service of Its Kind

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 18, 2021 (October 19, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Face Pay, Moscow Metro

Touting it as the largest rollout of biometric payments in the world, Moscow Metro launched its high-profile “Face Pay” service Friday, as expected, and predicted that 10% to 15% would…

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Trip-Planning Transit App Expands to Another Software-as-a-Service Ticketing Provider

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on October 11, 2021 (October 12, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Airweb, Paragon ID, Transit app

The trip-planning app provider Transit has added another mobile-ticketing and payments provider as it continues to seek to enable users to plan, book and pay for rides from its app.…

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U.S. Transit Agency Introduces Scanning of Mobile Tickets, but Overall Move to Electronic Payments Progressing Slowly

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 5, 2021 (October 5, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, SORTA

Most mid-tier transit agencies in the U.S., like the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, or SORTA, in Cincinnati, still have to deal with high usage of cash and paper tickets…

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Debate: Is the Industry–and Technology–Ready for Hands-Free, Be-In/Be-Out Fare Payments?

by Dan Balaban and Kiona SmithPosted on September 22, 2021 (May 15, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Be-in/Be-out, Editor's Choice, Fairtiq, Stadtwerke Osnabrück

It’s no secret that interest is growing in “touchless transit” in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. So technologies that enable fully hands-free fare payments, letting passengers be-in/be-out, or BIBO,…

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Taiwan’s EasyCard Chief Sees Little Threat to Fare Payments Business from Fintechs

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 15, 2021 (September 16, 2021)Posted in Closed Loop, Mobile TicketingTagged EasyCard, Jkopay, Line Pay

EasyCard Corp., Taiwan’s dominant transit e-purse, is not worried about fintechs taking away a significant share of its fare payments business and, in fact, is in talks to work with…

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Moscow Metro Expands Large Test of ‘Face Pay’ to More Lines; Rollout Expected as Early as Next Month

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 13, 2021 (September 14, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Facial Recognition, Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro said today it has increased the number of lines supporting a large test of its “Face Pay” service to more than half of its total lines. The metro…

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Fairtiq App Sees Rising Usage as Covid-Era Riders Demand More ‘Touchless’ and PAYG Fare Options

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 7, 2021 (January 17, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Check-in/Be-out, Fairtiq

Switzerland-based start-up Fairtiq said transactions for its fare-payments technology have more than double since February, as Covid-wary riders continue to seek what they consider to be more hygienic payments methods,…

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Transit Agency to Enable Cash Loading, Fare Capping with Mobile Ticketing

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on August 25, 2021 (September 2, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cash loading, Masabi, Transit app

Another public transit agency plans to enable customers to load value to their mobile accounts at retail locations and to buy tickets through both a local app and the trip-planning…

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Masabi Seeks to Expand Beyond Mobile Ticketing and to Sign Up Large Agencies, Stoking More Competition with Suppliers Like Cubic

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 19, 2021 (August 20, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, SaaS Ticketing

UK-based software-as-a-service ticketing provider Masabi said it is targeting large transit agencies in the U.S. and beyond, seeking to sell the agencies on plugging into its SaaS platform rather than…

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Category: Mobile Ticketing

Ohio Transit Agency Expects Significant Revenue Loss as It Builds Equity with Fare Capping

Moscow Metro Launches Full Rollout of ‘Face Pay;’ Largest Biometric Payments Service of Its Kind

Trip-Planning Transit App Expands to Another Software-as-a-Service Ticketing Provider

U.S. Transit Agency Introduces Scanning of Mobile Tickets, but Overall Move to Electronic Payments Progressing Slowly

Debate: Is the Industry–and Technology–Ready for Hands-Free, Be-In/Be-Out Fare Payments?

Taiwan’s EasyCard Chief Sees Little Threat to Fare Payments Business from Fintechs

Moscow Metro Expands Large Test of ‘Face Pay’ to More Lines; Rollout Expected as Early as Next Month

Fairtiq App Sees Rising Usage as Covid-Era Riders Demand More ‘Touchless’ and PAYG Fare Options

Transit Agency to Enable Cash Loading, Fare Capping with Mobile Ticketing

Masabi Seeks to Expand Beyond Mobile Ticketing and to Sign Up Large Agencies, Stoking More Competition with Suppliers Like Cubic

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