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Tip Sheet: Vancouver Accepts Bids for Major System Upgrade–Another Must-Win for Cubic

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 13, 2026 (May 22, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Tip Sheet, Vancouver, Wellington

Also: Wellington launches contactless payments Sunday–without Cubic. Got a tip for the Tip Sheet? Write to contact@mobility-payments.com [...]

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Wellington Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments Next April–Refusing to Wait for New Zealand’s National Ticketing Solution

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 9, 2025 (April 10, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged New Zealand

The transport authority serving New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, said it can no longer wait for the country’s “National Ticketing Solution” to reach the city and is spending NZ$5.5 million ($3.2 million) in local money to enable open-loop payments...

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Cubic to Launch Open-Payment Overlay Product, Introduces New Pricing Strategy, as It Seeks to Revamp Umo Offer

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 26, 2025 (May 2, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cubic, Editor's Choice

Cubic Transportation Systems plans to launch its “open-payment overlay” product within 90 days, seeking to give transit agencies the potential to launch open-loop payments with low upfront costs, like the Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit...

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Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 27, 2024 (February 17, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, WMATA

Transit agencies in the U.S. and beyond will be watching to see whether a recent gambit by major agency Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to hire small Australia-based payments service provider Littlepay over its large incumbent supplier,...

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Update: Tip Sheet: Philadelphia Agency Could Reveal New Fare-System Vendor in July

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 21, 2024 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Tip Sheet

The proposed contract for the new Key 2.0 fare system in Philadelphia goes to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority board in July for approval, according to a SEPTA official, who is not revealing whether the agency has chosen a vendor...

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 7, 2024 (May 8, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Greece, Planeta

Transport operator OASA is set to make Athens the latest European capital to roll out open-loop payments, joining London, Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam and Stockholm, along with a number of other major cities in Europe–but with a difference. OASA is not...

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Contractor for Fast-Track Open-Loop Procurement in Barcelona Gets Pressure over Key Technology Supplier

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 2, 2023 (February 3, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged ATM Barcelona

The main contractor for Barcelona’s open-loop payments project has chosen a local company over Brazil-based Planeta Informática to implement a key technology for the rollout, after apparently receiving pressure to hire a local subcontractor, sources told...

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TransLink in Vancouver Hopes Enabling Riders to Tap Domestic Debit Cards Will Increase Use of Its Open-Loop Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 12, 2023 (January 17, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Interac, TransLink

Vancouver transit authority TransLink Wednesday launched the much-anticipated expansion of its open-loop payments service to include Canada’s popular domestic debit brand, Interac–hoping to increase adoption of what has been a little-used service....

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Bid Update: Comercia Global Payments Bid for Barcelona Open-Loop Project Comes in Under Tender Budget

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 6, 2022 (September 7, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged ATM Barcelona

The winning bid for the fast-tracked procurement of an open-loop payments system by Barcelona transit authority ATM came in at €3.28 million (US$3.25 million), Mobility Payments has learned. That is less than the €4 million Covid relief grant ATM is using...

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Barcelona Transit Authority Believed to Have Received Only One Bid For Fast-Tracked Open-Loop Project

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 9, 2022 (August 10, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged ATM Barcelona

Large Spanish processor and acquirer Comercia Global Payments is believed to be the only bidder for a fast-tracked project by Barcelona transit authority ATM to roll out an open-loop payments option for customers, Mobility Payments has learned. [...]

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Tip Sheet: Vancouver Accepts Bids for Major System Upgrade–Another Must-Win for Cubic

Wellington Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments Next April–Refusing to Wait for New Zealand’s National Ticketing Solution

Cubic to Launch Open-Payment Overlay Product, Introduces New Pricing Strategy, as It Seeks to Revamp Umo Offer

Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

Update: Tip Sheet: Philadelphia Agency Could Reveal New Fare-System Vendor in July

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

Contractor for Fast-Track Open-Loop Procurement in Barcelona Gets Pressure over Key Technology Supplier

TransLink in Vancouver Hopes Enabling Riders to Tap Domestic Debit Cards Will Increase Use of Its Open-Loop Service

Bid Update: Comercia Global Payments Bid for Barcelona Open-Loop Project Comes in Under Tender Budget

Barcelona Transit Authority Believed to Have Received Only One Bid For Fast-Tracked Open-Loop Project

In-Depth: LA Metro Launches Open Loop in Time for World Cup; Last Top 10 U.S. Transit Agency to Support Technology

Montgomery-Torrellas Resigns as Cubic Transportation Systems President; Cubic Corp. CEO to Take Over as Interim Chief

Ex-Cubic Executives Worked on Winning Bid for INIT in Sydney, Helping Smaller Cubic Rival Score Major Upset

Conduent Agrees to Sell Transit Fare Business to Modaxo, Retaining Its Road Tolling Unit

SaaS-Ticketing Vendors Begin to Bring Open-Loop Payments to Small and Mid-Tier Transit Agencies in North America

In-Depth: LA Metro Launches Open Loop in Time for World Cup; Last Top 10 U.S. Transit Agency to Support Technology

Montgomery-Torrellas Resigns as Cubic Transportation Systems President; Cubic Corp. CEO to Take Over as Interim Chief

Ex-Cubic Executives Worked on Winning Bid for INIT in Sydney, Helping Smaller Cubic Rival Score Major Upset

U.S. Transit Agency Plans to End Free Fares, Go Cashless and Launch Open Loop–All under Tight Deadline

Final Prep by Transit Agencies for World Cup: Will Promise of Open Loop Compel Spectators to Take Buses and Trains?