Apple Again Promises to Push Transit Ticketing as It Seeks Broader Adoption of Apple Pay

While noting to financial analysts late Tuesday (July 2019) that Apple Pay is now approaching 1 billion transactions per month globally and is in 47 markets, perhaps Apple CEO Tim Cook’s most significant comments about Apple Pay this week was to again...

Apple Enables Virtual SmarTrip Fare Card for Apple Pay in Washington, D.C., with More Closed-Loop Transit Cards Expected This Year in U.S.

Apple added support for its latest closed-loop transit card for Apple Pay, enabling customers of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, to tap their NFC-enabled iPhones and Apple Watches to pay for rides with WMATA’s SmarTrip virtual...

Los Angeles-Area Commuter Rail Operator Seeks to Offer Open Loop in Time for World Cup, Olympics; Hopes to Fare Better than Northern Counterpart

Southern California commuter rail operator Metrolink plans to launch a pilot of open-loop payments in advance of World Cup matches to be hosted by Los Angeles and could roll out the service across its seven lines in time for the Summer Olympics in...
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Canada’s BC Transit Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments, as Cubic Seeks to Keep Pace in SaaS-Ticketing Market

Canadian transit authority BC Transit has announced that in “coming months” it will prepare to launch open-loop payments, as its vendor, Cubic Transportation Systems, upgrades and tests its software-as-a-service fare platform Umo to make the technology...
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Seoul to Support Open-Loop Payments by Next Year on Buses, 2027 on Metro

Seoul Metropolitan Government has reportedly said it will enable open-loop payments on city buses next year and on the subway lines it runs by 2027, with the goal for buses and trains throughout the metro area from a variety of other operators to accept...
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Las Vegas Transit Agency Thought Tourists would Use Open-Loop Payments More than Residents; It was Wrong

When RTC of Southern Nevada, which serves Las Vegas and the surrounding region, launched open-loop payments in December 2023, agency officials thought most users would come from among the ranks of the mass of tourists that descend on the gambling and...
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