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Second Bidder Questions Procurement Practices behind Melbourne’s 15-Year Fare-System Contract Award

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 20, 2023 (June 21, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Melbourne

A second unsuccessful bidder for Melbourne’s large 15-year AU$1.7 billion (US$1.1 billion) fare-system contract is reportedly raising questions about the procurement process, contending that its bid came in well under that of the winning supplier, among...

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Second Michigan Transit Agency Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments; Set to Hire SaaS Ticketing Provider

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 13, 2023 (June 16, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Michigan

A second transit agency in the U.S. state of Michigan plans to introduce open-loop payments, hiring a software-as-a-service vendor to roll out the service. [...]

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Top Cubic Executives Complain of ‘Serious Concerns’ about Tender Process in Selection of Rival Conduent in Australia: Reports

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 6, 2023 (June 20, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Melbourne, Victoria

U.S.-based Cubic Corp. sent a letter of complaint to the premier of the Australian state of Victoria in Melbourne, contending that a flawed procurement process led to the selection of rival vendor Conduent for a 15-year, AU$1.7 billion (US$1.1 billion),...

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Is Sweden’s No. 2 City Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments Twice?

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 30, 2023 (June 4, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sweden

Earlier this month, Gothenburg transit authority Västtrafik launched open-loop payments, the fourth city in Sweden to do so, according to Vix Technology, the vendor that implemented the service on 4,500 upgraded validators on buses, trams and ferries in the...

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Australia’s Second-Largest State Names Winner of Contract for New Ticketing System

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 16, 2023 (June 20, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Conduent, Melbourne

Australia’s second largest state has hired U.S.-based Conduent to a 15-year, AU$1.7 billion (US$1.1 billion), contract to build and operate an account-based ticketing system that will include open-loop payments, the Victoria state minister for public...

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Open-Loop-Leaning Panel Sees Role for Closed-Loop Payments in Transit

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 12, 2023 (May 12, 2023)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Closed-loop, Visa

Despite the growth of open-loop payments, closed loop will continue to play a necessary role for transit agencies, especially to accommodate the unbanked and underbanked and customers that don’t want to use their credit or debit cards to pay fares,...

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Michigan Transit Agency Launches Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 28, 2023 (June 13, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Michigan

The transit agency serving the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., became the latest in a small but growing list of agencies to launch open-loop payments in the U.S. [...]

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Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 30, 2023 (April 12, 2023)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Mifare, OMNY, OVpay, Stockholm

Transit agency Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched what is believed to be the industry’s first rollout of white-label EMV cards for its closed-loop customers in September 2021. To date it has issued around 1.5 million cards, which...

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Taiwan’s EasyCard Chief: Open Loop Will Have Only ‘Marginal Impact’ on Island Nation

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 30, 2023 (April 2, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged EasyCard, Taiwan

The head of Taiwan’s largest transit and retail stored-value card contends that open-loop payments will not make a significant impact on the island nation, given Taiwan’s strong closed-loop card programs and the expense of rolling out acceptance for...

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Special Report: Visa’s Marketing Message on Open-Loop Projects–Does It Add Up?

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 6, 2023 (March 14, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Visa

Open-loop payments is perhaps the hottest fare-payments technology around today. But getting reliable estimates on just how large the open-loop footprint is has proved to be difficult. [...]

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Second Bidder Questions Procurement Practices behind Melbourne’s 15-Year Fare-System Contract Award

Second Michigan Transit Agency Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments; Set to Hire SaaS Ticketing Provider

Top Cubic Executives Complain of ‘Serious Concerns’ about Tender Process in Selection of Rival Conduent in Australia: Reports

Is Sweden’s No. 2 City Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments Twice?

Australia’s Second-Largest State Names Winner of Contract for New Ticketing System

Open-Loop-Leaning Panel Sees Role for Closed-Loop Payments in Transit

Michigan Transit Agency Launches Open-Loop Payments

Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

Taiwan’s EasyCard Chief: Open Loop Will Have Only ‘Marginal Impact’ on Island Nation

Special Report: Visa’s Marketing Message on Open-Loop Projects–Does It Add Up?

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

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

Tip Sheet: Groundbreaking Open-Loop Procurement in Venice May Finally Launch in Spring

From Guru to Poster Child for MaaS’ Failures, Whim App Founder Calls it Quits