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Transit Agencies Feel Heat from Chip Shortage as They Source Closed-Loop Cards

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 22, 2022 (June 29, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Chip shortage, Metro, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Transit agencies continue to see long lead times on their closed-loop card orders because of supply-chain issues, and the situation is unlikely to improve this year. [...]

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Fixed Interchange Fees Hit U.S. Transit Agencies Hard, While Other Merchants Can Soften Blow

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 2, 2022 (May 4, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Visa

A wide range of U.S. merchants pay the same fixed debit card fees based on interchange, including supermarkets, gasoline stations, restaurants and hotels. But transit agencies accepting open-loop payments appear to be are among the hardest hit by these fees...

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British Transit Agency Adds Closed-Loop Card to Google Pay for Pay-as-You-Go Fares

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on March 7, 2022 (March 8, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Google Pay, Nexus, Tyne and Ware Metro

Riders on the Tyne and Wear Metro in North East England are now able to tap to pay for pay-as-you-go fares with a digital version of the closed-loop Pop card in Google Pay. [...]

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Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 16, 2022 (February 18, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, HSL, Metrolinx, Transport for London

Transit agencies planning to roll out new electronic fare-collection systems have typically hired automated fare-collection vendors to handle the entire projects, from supplying the validators and payments processing to building or procuring the back office...

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Open-Loop Technology May be ‘Interoperable,’ but Not for Transit Agencies; Trade Group Wants to Help Remedy That

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 5, 2022 (January 6, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Transport for London, UITP, Visa

One of the main selling points for open-loop payments is that it offers a form of interoperability that enables riders to use the same credit or debit card to pay their fares whether they ride in London, New York or Singapore. [...]

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U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash Acceptance on Board Its Vehicles as Planned

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 1, 2021 (November 3, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Greater Dayton RTA, Masabi

In the run-up to the elimination of cash fares on board its fixed-route buses and trolleybuses today, the Greater Dayton RTA had reduced cash payments to less than 10% of all trips, while 92% of the trips were paid for with digital payments–either...

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Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 27, 2021 (October 3, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MTA, Transport for London, Transport for NSW

As more transit agencies introduce open-loop fare payments, interest is starting to grow in use of white-label EMV cards that agencies can issue in place of proprietary closed-loop cards for riders who don’t have bank cards or don’t want to use them to...

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Exclusive: NFC Wallets Grow as Share of Contactless Fare Payments and Not Only Because of Covid

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 13, 2021 (October 19, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London, Transport for NSW

Transit agencies that have rolled out open-loop contactless payments are seeing growing use of NFC wallets to pay fares, as Covid-wary passengers see convenience in tapping their phones or wearables to pay. [...]

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Exclusive: Share of Contactless Rides Paid for with Apple Pay and other Pays Wallets in Manchester More than Doubles in Two Years

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 7, 2021 (October 8, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for Greater Manchester

Transport for Greater Manchester in the UK is the latest transit agency seeing substantial growth of contactless open-loop fare payments from NFC mobile wallets–with the percentage of its contactless tram trips paid for with Apple Pay, Google Pay and other...

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Sydney Transit Official: Opal Card Not Going Away, Despite Growth of Contactless

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 23, 2021 (September 24, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Opal card, Transport for New South Wales

Sydney-based Transport for New South Wales, Australia’s largest transit agency, has no plans to phase out or de-emphasize its closed-loop Opal card, despite strong adoption of contactless open-loop payments by customers, especially with mobile wallets,...

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Transit Agencies Feel Heat from Chip Shortage as They Source Closed-Loop Cards

Fixed Interchange Fees Hit U.S. Transit Agencies Hard, While Other Merchants Can Soften Blow

British Transit Agency Adds Closed-Loop Card to Google Pay for Pay-as-You-Go Fares

Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model

Open-Loop Technology May be ‘Interoperable,’ but Not for Transit Agencies; Trade Group Wants to Help Remedy That

U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash Acceptance on Board Its Vehicles as Planned

Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

Exclusive: NFC Wallets Grow as Share of Contactless Fare Payments and Not Only Because of Covid

Exclusive: Share of Contactless Rides Paid for with Apple Pay and other Pays Wallets in Manchester More than Doubles in Two Years

Sydney Transit Official: Opal Card Not Going Away, Despite Growth of Contactless

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

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Worldline COO: Open Loop as ‘Revolution’ is Oversold; Urges Truly Revolutionary Thinking on Payments, Fare Models