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Making Payments for EV Charging Easy and Safe: Experts Weigh in on How to Overcome the Challenges

by Craig WarmboldPosted on December 13, 2024 (January 30, 2025)Posted in MaaSTagged Ev Charging Payments

Electric vehicle charging networks are growing substantially in such countries as the UK, but there are challenges to deal with, including how to ensure ease of payments while avoiding fraud.…

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Free Rides for All? Reflections on the Impact of Zero-Fare Policies

by Carl CommonsPosted on December 13, 2024 (July 25, 2026)Posted in Industry InsightTagged Zero-fares

When we talk about public transit, we’re not just talking about buses and trains—we’re talking about people, communities, and the essential lifelines that connect them. So when the idea of…

Cubic Expected to Win Major Fare-System Contract in Philadelphia

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 12, 2024 (February 11, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged SEPTA

Cubic Transportation Systems is expected to win the major fare-system project from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, an up to $211 million deal to implement and operate the…

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Small Transit Agency Buying Through Cal-ITP Sees Open-Loop Transaction Value Climb

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 9, 2024 (December 10, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

Open-loop transaction value doubled for a small California bus agency last month, although credit and debit card payments still represented a small share of total fare revenue, Mobility Payments has…

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In-Depth: Agencies See Opportunities–as well as Challenges–in Rolling Out Account-Based Ticketing

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 5, 2024 (February 11, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Account-Based Ticketing, NEORide, NTA

Account-based ticketing offers big potential for transit agencies, but also poses challenges, a panel of representatives from agencies in Europe, the Middle East and North America that have rolled out…

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Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 27, 2024 (February 17, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, WMATA

Transit agencies in the U.S. and beyond will be watching to see whether a recent gambit by major agency Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to hire small Australia-based payments…

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Tip Sheet: Fare Officials from Major Transit Agencies, Including New York and London, Believed to be Discussing How to Deal with Payments Industry

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 27, 2024 (July 7, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA, Transport for London

Fare payments representatives with major transit agencies in Europe, North America and Australia have been quietly meeting to discuss merchant fees and fraud around open-loop payments, Mobility Payments has learned.…

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Calls Unheeded? Transport for London Says Certain Merchant Fees Rising Despite Complaints

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 22, 2024 (January 26, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Transport for London

Nearly nine months after open-loop payments pioneer Transport for London sent an unmistakable signal to banks and payments schemes that it was unhappy about rising transaction fees, not much appears…

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Auckland Launches Open-Loop Service as Planned, as It Awaits Implementation of National Rollout in New Zealand

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 15, 2024 (July 12, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged New Zealand

New Zealand’s Auckland Transport will launch open-loop payments Sunday, bringing credit and debit card acceptance to buses, trains and ferries serving the country’s largest city–at least two years before Auckland…

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Report: Conduent and State Transport Officials in Melbourne at ‘Loggerheads’ Over Contract, but State Denies Problems

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 11, 2024 (November 12, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Melbourne

Transport officials in the Australian state of Victoria continue to deny there are any problems with the implementation of a new ticketing system by U.S.-based supplier Conduent Transportation, despite new…

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Making Payments for EV Charging Easy and Safe: Experts Weigh in on How to Overcome the Challenges

Free Rides for All? Reflections on the Impact of Zero-Fare Policies

Cubic Expected to Win Major Fare-System Contract in Philadelphia

Small Transit Agency Buying Through Cal-ITP Sees Open-Loop Transaction Value Climb

In-Depth: Agencies See Opportunities–as well as Challenges–in Rolling Out Account-Based Ticketing

Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

Tip Sheet: Fare Officials from Major Transit Agencies, Including New York and London, Believed to be Discussing How to Deal with Payments Industry

Calls Unheeded? Transport for London Says Certain Merchant Fees Rising Despite Complaints

Auckland Launches Open-Loop Service as Planned, as It Awaits Implementation of National Rollout in New Zealand

Report: Conduent and State Transport Officials in Melbourne at ‘Loggerheads’ Over Contract, but State Denies Problems

Miami Hearing Officer Rejects Protests by Cubic, Moovel; Vendors Vow to Weigh ‘All Available Options’

Tip Sheet: Chicago’s Ventra 3.0 Flies Under Radar; Vancouver may be in Talks with Vendors

Exclusive: Cubic, Moovel and Masabi Make Arguments to Protest Hearing Officer in Miami

Vendors Prepare to Compete for Business, as New York’s MTA Requests First Bids for Large Fare-Evasion Project

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Miami Hearing Officer Rejects Protests by Cubic, Moovel; Vendors Vow to Weigh ‘All Available Options’

Exclusive: Cubic, Moovel and Masabi Make Arguments to Protest Hearing Officer in Miami

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