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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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Google Expands Parking Payments to Another City as it Continues to Build Google Pay Fare Hub

by Kiona SmithPosted on June 12, 2021 (July 28, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Google Pay, ParkMobile

Google will enable users to pay for parking with U.S.-based parking locator and payments vendor ParkMobile within its Google Pay app starting this month in Atlanta, GA, as the search giant continues to seek to make its payments app a transit-ticketing and...

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Washington, D.C.’s, SmarTrip Latest Closed-Loop Fare Card Added to Pays Wallet

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 9, 2021 (July 15, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Apple Pay, Google Pay, WMATA

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, as expected, has added its closed-loop fare card SmarTrip to Google Pay, following support by Apple Pay for the card last year. The launch Tuesday of SmarTrip for Google Pay is the latest move by...

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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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Dubai Transit Authority Plans to Launch Its Closed-Loop Card in More NFC Wallets

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 25, 2021 (April 5, 2021)Posted in Closed Loop, Mobile TicketingTagged Apple Pay, Closed-Loop Payments, Dubai, Huawei, RTA, Samsung Pay

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, or RTA, which in December first launched mobile fare payments with a digital version of its closed-loop card in Huawei smartphones, says it plans to expand the service to other OEMs, including Apple and Samsung. ...

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Case Study: Transit Agency in Portugal Combined NFC with BLE for Mobile Ticketing; Faced Challenges

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 22, 2021 (July 27, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Be-Out, BLE, Bluetooth Low Energy, Calypso, Littlepay, Porto, TIP

The agency that runs ticketing for 19 public bus, tram and train operators serving Porto, Portugal’s second largest city, says it has had success–and faced several challenges–with the rollout of its Anda mobile-ticketing app. [...]

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OMNY Hits New Usage Milestone as Open-Loop Payments Rollout Continues

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2021 (April 5, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA, OMNY

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA, says it continues to see steady growth of its open-loop fare payments service, OMNY, announcing 50 million taps by customers using NFC wallets and bank cards to ride the massive New York City Subway...

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Visa, Mastercard Forecast More Contactless Growth in U.S., Spurred in Part by New York Fare Payments Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (June 26, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA, OMNY, Visa

The heads of the two largest payments networks in the U.S., Visa and Mastercard, predict strong growth for contactless payments in the U.S., with Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga noting that 70% of U.S. Mastercard-branded cards in the U.S. are coming up for reissue...

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UK Public Transit Officials in Midlands Seek to Replicate London’s Success in Pay-as-You-Go Contactless

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (June 30, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Swift card, Transport for London

Transit officials in the Midlands in the UK are calling on the government to fund a London-style contactless fare-payments system across this large section of the country, which would enable riders to tap to pay for trips on rail, bus and tram networks with...

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Australia’s Commonwealth Bank Seeks to Expand Open-Payments Push for Transit and Other Mobility Projects

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (April 4, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged CBA, Transport for New South Wales

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the acquirer and processor for the open-loop payments service rolled out by Transport for New South Wales in Sydney, says it is negotiating with transit officials in other Australian states to help launch similar payments...

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Pros & Cons of Open Loop: Transit Agencies Face Choice

Google Expands Parking Payments to Another City as it Continues to Build Google Pay Fare Hub

Washington, D.C.’s, SmarTrip Latest Closed-Loop Fare Card Added to Pays Wallet

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

Dubai Transit Authority Plans to Launch Its Closed-Loop Card in More NFC Wallets

Case Study: Transit Agency in Portugal Combined NFC with BLE for Mobile Ticketing; Faced Challenges

OMNY Hits New Usage Milestone as Open-Loop Payments Rollout Continues

Visa, Mastercard Forecast More Contactless Growth in U.S., Spurred in Part by New York Fare Payments Service

UK Public Transit Officials in Midlands Seek to Replicate London’s Success in Pay-as-You-Go Contactless

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank Seeks to Expand Open-Payments Push for Transit and Other Mobility Projects

LA Metro Staff Faces Tough Questions from Board Members Over Proposal to Hire Cubic with No-Bid Contract Upgrade

LA Metro Seeks to Launch Open-Loop Payments in Time for World Cup in 2026; Plans to Hire Cubic with No-Bid Contract Upgrade

Las Vegas Agency Wagers Open Loop will Pay Off, Despite High Interchange and Other Transaction Fees

Athens Transport Operator Seeks to Roll Out Open Loop Throughout Greek Capital by Retrofitting Thousands of Validators

Cubic Confirms It Outscored Indra on Technical Points, Despite Losing Big Contract in Ireland

LA Metro Staff Faces Tough Questions from Board Members Over Proposal to Hire Cubic with No-Bid Contract Upgrade

Las Vegas Agency Wagers Open Loop will Pay Off, Despite High Interchange and Other Transaction Fees

Cubic Confirms It Outscored Indra on Technical Points, Despite Losing Big Contract in Ireland

Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

Three Big Agencies Say Devices Starting to Dominate Cards for Open-Loop Payments