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Los Angeles Transit Authority to Support Closed-Loop TAP Card in Both Apple Pay and Google Pay

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 10, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Cubic, Google, LA Metro, Salesforce

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or Metro, plans to introduce an Android version of its TAP closed-loop fare card, with a virtual TAP card for the Google Pay wallet, a Metro spokesman confirmed. [...]

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Italy’s Fourth Largest City Latest to Launch Open-Loop Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (March 24, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Gruppo Torinese Trasporti, Italy, Turin

Transit officials in Turin, Italy, have launched acceptance of fares with contactless EMV bank cards and NFC wallets. The Covid-19 pandemic aftermath is expected to accelerate the already significant trend for transit agencies to implement open-loop fare...

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Transit Payments Company Head: Apple and Google Positioned to Take Bigger Piece of Payments Industry

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 13, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Amin Shayan, Littlepay, Mastercard, Visa

The head of transit payments gateway and processor Littlepay said he believes that Apple and Google are well-positioned to take a “big bite out of the payment chain,” which could change their relationship with payments networks Visa and Mastercard from...

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Brussels Latest European Capital to Launch Open-Loop Fare Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 10, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Brussels, Pierre-André Rulmont, STIB

Major Brussels transit operator STIB-MIVB plans to begin accepting contactless EMV credit and debit cards and NFC wallets on Wednesday, the latest European capital to launch open-loop payments following the success of the technology as demonstrated in London....

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Government Regulation of Mobility-as-a-Service Seen as Necessary to Encourage Widespread Adoption

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 3, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged Grab, MaaS Global, Masabi, RTD Denver, Uber

(This premium article was originally published in April 2020. © Mobility Payments and Forthwrite Media.) Government legislation will likely be needed for widespread adoption of mobility-as-a-service, or MaaS, to occur, [...]

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Philadelphia Transit Authority Confirms Plans for Launch of Open-Loop Payments after Delays

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (April 20, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Conduent, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, SEPTA

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, in Philadelphia plans to introduce open-loop payments of fares, with a pilot scheduled for around June, a spokesman confirmed to NFC Times. It makes SEPTA part of a small but growing number of...

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Use of Contactless EMV to Pay Transit Fares Accelerating, According to Two Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (August 13, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA, OMNY

Two transit agencies, one large and one small, that began accepting contactless bank cards and NFC wallets to pay fares in recent months are reporting that use of the new payments services is accelerating among their customers. [...]

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Contactless EMV Card Rollout in U.S. to Pick Up Speed in 2020, but Shape of Adoption Remains Unclear

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 6, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Surveys, U.S. Federal Reserve, Visa

With contactless EMV cards expected to have a significant footprint in the U.S. in 2020, the debate continues over whether the rollout will promote or harm take-up of NFC mobile payments and whether contactless open-loop transit payments will make a real...

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More Open-Loop Transit Payments Services to Launch in Taiwan

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (June 29, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged EasyCard, Taoyuan Airport MRT

Taiwan’s airport train service will begin accepting Visa- and Mastercard-branded credit cards starting in January 2020, making it the second mass-transit service on the island nation to support open-loop payments for fares. [...]

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Miami Latest U.S. City to Introduce Open-Loop Transit Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 6, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Miami-Dade Transit

Transit officials in Miami-Dade County, Fla. are the latest in the U.S. to introduce open-loop payments of fares with contactless credit and debit cards and bank card credentials on NFC wallets, launching the service in August 2019 on the city's relatively...

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Los Angeles Transit Authority to Support Closed-Loop TAP Card in Both Apple Pay and Google Pay

Italy’s Fourth Largest City Latest to Launch Open-Loop Service

Transit Payments Company Head: Apple and Google Positioned to Take Bigger Piece of Payments Industry

Brussels Latest European Capital to Launch Open-Loop Fare Payments

Government Regulation of Mobility-as-a-Service Seen as Necessary to Encourage Widespread Adoption

Philadelphia Transit Authority Confirms Plans for Launch of Open-Loop Payments after Delays

Use of Contactless EMV to Pay Transit Fares Accelerating, According to Two Agencies

Contactless EMV Card Rollout in U.S. to Pick Up Speed in 2020, but Shape of Adoption Remains Unclear

More Open-Loop Transit Payments Services to Launch in Taiwan

Miami Latest U.S. City to Introduce Open-Loop Transit Payments

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

Indra Confirms Win of Large Fare-System Contract in Ireland, Beating Out Cubic and Conduent

Irish Fare System Announcement Moved to Monday; Spain’s Indra Believed to Have Submitted Low Bid

Small Dutch Start-Up that Bought MaaS Global Assets Says It Can Avoid ‘Pitfalls’ That Defeated Whim App

Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic

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

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