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Dallas Latest City in U.S. to Accept Open-Loop Fare Payments

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on September 22, 2021 (September 23, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged DART, OMNY, TriMet, Vix Technology

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, has become the latest transit agency in the U.S. to accept contactless open-loop payments, joining just four other U.S. agencies that support the technology, not counting small open-loop pilots happening in California....

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Start-Up Aims to Encourage More Taxi Drivers to Accept Bank Cards for Fares in Turkey

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on August 13, 2021 (August 13, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged SoftPOS, Yapı Kredi

A Turkish start-up hopes to entice more taxi drivers to accept contactless credit and debit cards using SoftPOS terminals on Android smartphones, under a scheme being rolled out by the local fintech. [...]

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Another Italian City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on August 9, 2021 (August 9, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Conduent, Rome

Italy continues to be a leader in the rollout of open-loop fare payments with even mid-tier cities now introducing the technology to riders. [...]

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Visa Touts Growth in Contactless, Continues to Push Open-Loop Payments

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 30, 2021 (July 31, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Visa

Visa reported this week that contactless payments continued to climb as a percentage of all face-to-face transactions with its brand at retail, and among the uses the network is continuing to push for contactless payments is to pay transit fares. [...]

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California Launches Two More Pilots under Open-Loop Initiative

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 28, 2021 (July 29, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Kuba, Littlepay

California transportation officials announced two more pilots for their open-loop payments initiative, Cal-ITP, bringing to four the number of six-month “demonstration” projects they have launched with small transit agencies and vendors. [...]

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Porto Launches Open-Loop Pilot on Metro Line and Bus Route, Targeting Tourists; Plans Call for Rollout by 2022

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 27, 2021 (July 27, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged STCP, Transportes Intermodais do Porto, Visa

Porto aims to become one of the next cities in Europe to roll out contactless open-loop payments, launching a pilot on a Porto Metro line and a route of STCP, which runs the bus and tram service for Portugal’s second largest city. [...]

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MaaS Global CEO: Transit Agencies Should Not Control MaaS Platforms

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 26, 2021 (August 8, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged Cubic, MaaS Global, Sampo Hietanen

Sampo Hietanen, founder and CEO of Finland-based MaaS Global agrees with most other industry experts that public transit should form the “core” of the mobility services on offer in any mobility-as-a-service app or platform. But he contends that it would...

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More Major Transit Agencies Launch Virtual Closed-Loop Cards

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 5, 2021 (July 4, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay

While the move to open-loop fare collection by transit agencies gets a lot of attention, some major agencies have been shunning the idea of accepting bank cards for fares while expanding ways their customers can pay with well-established closed-loop fare...

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Pros & Cons of Open Loop: Transit Agencies Face Choice

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 5, 2021 (July 4, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

While the Covid-19 pandemic has slashed transit agency budgets and delayed rollouts, it has accelerated the trend for the agencies to enable their customers to pay fares with contactless EMV credit and debit cards and other electronic payments. [...]

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Open-Loop Payments Trial at Small California Transit Agency Could Lead to More Rollouts in Giant State

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 5, 2021 (July 25, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Caltrans, Littlepay, Monterey-Salinas Transit

California public bus agency Monterey-Salinas Transit last month officially launched a six-month “demonstration” project to pilot contactless open-loop payments. While the agency is very small, providing only around 3,500 rides per day last year, the...

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