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Panel of Experts to Debate Costs, Other Issues Transit Agencies Face in Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 29, 2022 (December 4, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Open Loop

There’s little doubt that open-loop payments is the highest profile trend in the fare-collection industry. [...]

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Open Loop Has Limitations for Riders and Transit Agencies, Says French Closed-Loop Tech Supplier

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 21, 2022 (July 22, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged France, IDFM, Wizway

Users of open-loop payments in France are mainly tourists and occasional riders paying for single tickets–not the transit agencies’ regular customers–the head of a company that implements closed-loop mobile NFC ticketing in France, told Mobility...

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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 (December 27, 2024)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 (December 27, 2024)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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Panel of Experts to Debate Costs, Other Issues Transit Agencies Face in Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments

Open Loop Has Limitations for Riders and Transit Agencies, Says French Closed-Loop Tech Supplier

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

Glasgow Subway Launches London-Style Open-Loop Service with Help from Sole-Source Deal with Scheidt & Bachmann

Tip Sheet: Paris Could Soon Decide to Expand Open Loop, with an Even Larger Ticketing System Upgrade Possible

State Auditor: Conduent Rollout Schedule for Melbourne Project ‘Overly Optimistic’; Transport Officials Ignored Signs of Risk

Sound Transit Ponders Fare Gate Options, as It Loses Millions in Uncollected Fares

Tip Sheet: Next Major Fare-System Contract Award Could be in Sydney; It’s a Must-Win for Cubic

State Auditor: Conduent Rollout Schedule for Melbourne Project ‘Overly Optimistic’; Transport Officials Ignored Signs of Risk

Special Report: San Francisco’s MTC and Cubic Battle Through Problem-Plagued Launch of Clipper 2.0

Miami Disqualifies Top-Ranked Cubic for $40 Million Back-Office Contract; Vendor Vows to File Objection and to ‘Pursue all Available Remedies’

In-Depth: Cal-ITP Open-Loop Procurement Program Records Biggest Year in 2025 but Several Challenges Remain

Miami to Reconvene Selection Committee after Vendors Challenge Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Back-Office Deal; Cubic Threatens Protest