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Market Opportunity or Last Gasp? Pioneering MaaS Start-Up ‘Pivots’ to Stay in Business

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 13, 2022 (November 4, 2022)Posted in MaaSTagged MaaS Global

Pioneering mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global plans to drop its B2C business model and will instead try to license its Whim platform and expertise to non-transport companies that want to launch…

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Denmark Selects List of Suppliers to Advance to Next Round for National Mobile-Ticketing Project

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 10, 2022 (October 11, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark

Transit officials in Denmark have qualified a list of eight suppliers to compete for five vendor slots to provide technology or services for the country’s planned DKK 500 million (US$65.2…

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MaaS Global Lays Off More Employees; Faces Uncertain Future

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 7, 2022 (October 14, 2022)Posted in MaaSTagged MaaS Global

The CEO and founder of financially strapped Finnish start-up MaaS Global, creator of the pioneering mobility-as-a-service app Whim, said the company is “reorganizing. That includes laying off more employees, after…

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Italian Suppliers Lose Appeal on Venetian Open-Loop Payments Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 5, 2022 (December 20, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged AVM, Conduent, Pluservice

Officials in Italy have reportedly denied an appeal by Italy-based fare-collection technology provider Pluservice and its partner, acquirer and processor Nexi, which had challenged a planned contract award to U.S.-based…

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New York City Transit Agency Sees Strong Usage of Open-Loop Payments on Subway

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 3, 2022 (October 5, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Metropolitan Transportation Auhtority, MTA

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it is seeing nearly 40% of trips taken on its New York City Subway paid for through the agency’s OMNY service, which is used mainly…

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Panel of Experts to Debate Costs, Other Issues Transit Agencies Face in Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 29, 2022 (December 4, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Open Loop

There’s little doubt that open-loop payments is the highest profile trend in the fare-collection industry. [...]Read More

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California Replaces System That Helped Link Concessionary Fares to Open-Loop Cards Following Review by State Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 20, 2022 (September 30, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

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California transit officials have relaunched their senior discount verification program after shutting it down for six months, during which multiple state agencies conducted a security review, Mobility Payments has learned.…

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UK Transit Agency Plans London-Style Multimodal Contactless System with Fare Capping

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 12, 2022 (September 13, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Transport for West Midlands

Transit officials serving the UK’s second largest city, Birmingham, and the surrounding West Midlands region are moving forward with a London-style multimodal fare-capping system for contactless credit and debit payments,…

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Bid Update: Comercia Global Payments Bid for Barcelona Open-Loop Project Comes in Under Tender Budget

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 6, 2022 (September 7, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged ATM Barcelona

The winning bid for the fast-tracked procurement of an open-loop payments system by Barcelona transit authority ATM came in at €3.28 million (US$3.25 million), Mobility Payments has learned. That is…

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Pioneering MaaS Start-Up Seeks Buyer, New Investors as Cash Crunch Worsens

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 2, 2022 (September 5, 2022)Posted in MaaSTagged MaaS Global

MaaS Global, a pioneering mobility-as-a-service platform provider, is looking for a buyer, as it faces the prospect of running out of cash, Mobility Payments has learned. [...]Read More

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Market Opportunity or Last Gasp? Pioneering MaaS Start-Up ‘Pivots’ to Stay in Business

Denmark Selects List of Suppliers to Advance to Next Round for National Mobile-Ticketing Project

MaaS Global Lays Off More Employees; Faces Uncertain Future

Italian Suppliers Lose Appeal on Venetian Open-Loop Payments Contract

New York City Transit Agency Sees Strong Usage of Open-Loop Payments on Subway

Panel of Experts to Debate Costs, Other Issues Transit Agencies Face in Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments

California Replaces System That Helped Link Concessionary Fares to Open-Loop Cards Following Review by State Agencies

UK Transit Agency Plans London-Style Multimodal Contactless System with Fare Capping

Bid Update: Comercia Global Payments Bid for Barcelona Open-Loop Project Comes in Under Tender Budget

Pioneering MaaS Start-Up Seeks Buyer, New Investors as Cash Crunch Worsens

Changeover Underway to New Vendor for Switzerland’s Fast-Growing Mobile-Ticketing Service

Miami Transit Agency Prepares to Release Tender Request for Back Office for Its Fare-System Overhaul

Vix Technology Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle Covid Relief Loan Fraud Case; CEO Says Penalty Won’t Affect ‘Operations or Financial Position’

Tip Sheet: Sydney’s Transport for NSW Says Procurement of Opal Next-Gen System Still on Track; Also, Why Kurt Brissett Likely Left the Agency

In-Depth: Projects to Watch in California for Concessionary Discounts with Open Loop; Will More Riders Tap Bank Cards to Get Their Reduced Fares?

Vix Technology Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle Covid Relief Loan Fraud Case; CEO Says Penalty Won’t Affect ‘Operations or Financial Position’

Tip Sheet: Sydney’s Transport for NSW Says Procurement of Opal Next-Gen System Still on Track; Also, Why Kurt Brissett Likely Left the Agency

In-Depth: Projects to Watch in California for Concessionary Discounts with Open Loop; Will More Riders Tap Bank Cards to Get Their Reduced Fares?

Vendor for Denmark’s High-Profile Mobile-Ticketing Service Contends Contract Loss in Switzerland Won’t Compromise Company ‘Stability’ or ‘Strategy’

Exclusive: U.S. Tariffs Will Cause Pain for Fare Vendors and Agencies, Though They May Not Spur More Manufacturing in U.S.