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Bangkok Transit Agency Disappointed with Open-Loop Adoption Rate with Credit Cards; Rolls Out Prepaid EMV Card

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 25, 2024 (July 26, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Thailand

Open-loop payments account for 13% of rides on the main metro line of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand in Bangkok. Many transit agencies would be happy with that…

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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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U.S. Intercity Train Service Faces Challenges with Open Loop, but Says ‘Contactless Payment Works on Rail’

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 15, 2024 (July 16, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Capitol Corridor, Editor's Choice

Capitol Corridor, believed to be the first intercity passenger rail service to pilot open-loop payments in the U.S., plans to expand the trial soon and is installing contactless readers on…

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Regulators Question Backers of Denmark’s High-Profile National Mobile-Ticketing App over Data-Protection Concerns

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 9, 2024 (July 10, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark

Denmark’s high-profile project to replace its much-used closed-loop fare card with a nationwide mobile-ticketing app has hit another snag–an investigation by the country’s data protection agency. National transport-ticketing company Rejsekort…

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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 Faces Tight Deadline to Implement Open-Loop Payments in Los Angeles

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 2, 2024 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, LA Metro

With approval of a $66.4 million contract upgrade by the LA Metro board, Cubic Transportation Systems now faces a tight deadline to implement open-loop payments for Metro and 26 smaller…

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Updated: Netherlands Stands by Plan to Retire Much-Used Closed-Loop Card by End of 2025

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 25, 2024 (October 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Netherlands, OVpay

Dutch transport officials are still on track to fully retire the country’s nationwide closed-loop card program, OV-chipkaart, by the end of next year, the program director for the year-old open-loop…

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Update: Tip Sheet: Philadelphia Agency Could Reveal New Fare-System Vendor in July

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 21, 2024 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Tip Sheet

The proposed contract for the new Key 2.0 fare system in Philadelphia goes to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority board in July for approval, according to a SEPTA official, who…

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MTA Official Asks Payments Networks for Lower Fees to Accept Open Loop with New Transit Interchange Rate

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 17, 2024 (August 7, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare official Amy Linden today called on U.S. payments networks to set a uniform transit interchange rate that reduces high fixed fees most agencies must…

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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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Bangkok Transit Agency Disappointed with Open-Loop Adoption Rate with Credit Cards; Rolls Out Prepaid EMV Card

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

U.S. Intercity Train Service Faces Challenges with Open Loop, but Says ‘Contactless Payment Works on Rail’

Regulators Question Backers of Denmark’s High-Profile National Mobile-Ticketing App over Data-Protection Concerns

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

Cubic Faces Tight Deadline to Implement Open-Loop Payments in Los Angeles

Updated: Netherlands Stands by Plan to Retire Much-Used Closed-Loop Card by End of 2025

Update: Tip Sheet: Philadelphia Agency Could Reveal New Fare-System Vendor in July

MTA Official Asks Payments Networks for Lower Fees to Accept Open Loop with New Transit Interchange Rate

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

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

Atlanta Transit Agency Wants to Introduce Open-Loop Payments in Time for World Cup Next Year; will Vendor INIT be Ready?

Las Vegas Transit Agency Thought Tourists would Use Open-Loop Payments More than Residents; It was Wrong

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

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

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

Special Report: Ultra-Wideband Holds Much Promise to Power Hands-Free Ticketing; but Backers Must First Overcome Significant Challenges

Tip Sheet: Speculation Aside on Contract Winner, Losing London would be ‘Big Blow’ to Cubic

Transport for London Committee Approves New Revenue-Collection Contract, but Agency Stays Mum on Winner; Speculation Grows