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Making Payments for EV Charging Easy and Safe: Experts Weigh in on How to Overcome the Challenges

by Craig WarmboldPosted on December 13, 2024 (January 30, 2025)Posted in MaaSTagged Ev Charging Payments

Electric vehicle charging networks are growing substantially in such countries as the UK, but there are challenges to deal with, including how to ensure ease of payments while avoiding fraud. There has been no shortage of ways to pay for the electricity...

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Small Transit Agency Buying Through Cal-ITP Sees Open-Loop Transaction Value Climb

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 9, 2024 (December 10, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

Open-loop transaction value doubled for a small California bus agency last month, although credit and debit card payments still represented a small share of total fare revenue, Mobility Payments has learned. The gains for Humboldt Transit Authority, in far...

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Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 7, 2024 (December 16, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, WMATA

The Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, has selected small payments service provider Littlepay to roll out its “open-payment overlay project, Mobility Payments has learned. It’s a surprising choice for the low-cost but...

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Tip Sheet: Montreal Authority Reissues RFP after Disappointing Results; Promises to be More Flexible This Time

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 16, 2024 (October 17, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Montreal, Netherland

Montreal-area transport authority, Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain, or ARTM, has reissued its call to tenders, as promised, for a new account-based ticketing system, after having cancelled the previous tender request in August because of...

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Australia: Cubic Notches Contract in Tasmania by ‘Leveraging’ Its Larger Queensland Project in ‘Platform-as-a-Service’ Play

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 14, 2024 (October 14, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Australia, Editor's Choice, Tasmania

Seeking “big city” features for its fare system, the small Australian state of Tasmania has decided to plug into the back office of a much larger fare system that is under development by Cubic Transportation Systems in the state of Queensland. The...

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Cubic Planning Open-Loop Payments Product as Part of New Business Unit

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 9, 2024 (December 8, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cubic

Cubic Transportation Systems’ new business unit, Mobility Essentials, which will oversee the vendor’s software-as-a-service ticketing platform, Umo, will also offer an open-loop payments product that has yet to launch, Mobility Payments has learned. The...

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China Begins to Accept Visa and Mastercard for Open Loop, though Transactions are Expected to be Small

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 17, 2024 (September 27, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged China

Seeking to promote more commerce from foreigners to help boost its sluggish economy, China, among other things, has opened up the market to foreign-branded bank cards for use with open-loop payments. That move began Friday on the giant subway, in Beijing,...

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Open-Loop Payments: Are U.S. Transit Agencies Ready for the Costs?: A Discussion

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 2, 2024 (October 25, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

A top official with Helsinki transport agency HSL made headlines over this past weekend, Aug. 31, when he was quoted as actually discouraging customers from using contactless open-loop payments when the agency launches the long-delayed service. That’s...

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U.S. Intercity Train Service Faces Challenges with Open Loop, but Says ‘Contactless Payment Works on Rail’

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 15, 2024 (July 16, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Capitol Corridor, Editor's Choice

Capitol Corridor, believed to be the first intercity passenger rail service to pilot open-loop payments in the U.S., plans to expand the trial soon and is installing contactless readers on all of its trains for an eventual rollout. But the Northern...

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Analysis: Boston Project Finally to Get Rolling; What had Gone Wrong?

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 6, 2024 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

When Phil Eng arrived in Boston to take over as general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in April 2023, he assumed control of a transit system beset with crumbling infrastructure, labor shortages, budget shortfalls and safety...

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Making Payments for EV Charging Easy and Safe: Experts Weigh in on How to Overcome the Challenges

Small Transit Agency Buying Through Cal-ITP Sees Open-Loop Transaction Value Climb

Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

Tip Sheet: Montreal Authority Reissues RFP after Disappointing Results; Promises to be More Flexible This Time

Australia: Cubic Notches Contract in Tasmania by ‘Leveraging’ Its Larger Queensland Project in ‘Platform-as-a-Service’ Play

Cubic Planning Open-Loop Payments Product as Part of New Business Unit

China Begins to Accept Visa and Mastercard for Open Loop, though Transactions are Expected to be Small

Open-Loop Payments: Are U.S. Transit Agencies Ready for the Costs?: A Discussion

U.S. Intercity Train Service Faces Challenges with Open Loop, but Says ‘Contactless Payment Works on Rail’

Analysis: Boston Project Finally to Get Rolling; What had Gone Wrong?

Miami Transit Agency Prepares to Release Tender Request for Back Office for Its Fare-System Overhaul

Vix Technology Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle Covid Relief Loan Fraud Case; CEO Says Penalty Won’t Affect ‘Operations or Financial Position’

Tip Sheet: Sydney’s Transport for NSW Says Procurement of Opal Next-Gen System Still on Track; Also, Why Kurt Brissett Likely Left the Agency

In-Depth: Projects to Watch in California for Concessionary Discounts with Open Loop; Will More Riders Tap Bank Cards to Get Their Reduced Fares?

Despite Nationwide Open-Loop Rollout, Netherlands Predicts Closed-Loop Card will Remain Most-Used Payments Method

Vix Technology Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle Covid Relief Loan Fraud Case; CEO Says Penalty Won’t Affect ‘Operations or Financial Position’

Tip Sheet: Sydney’s Transport for NSW Says Procurement of Opal Next-Gen System Still on Track; Also, Why Kurt Brissett Likely Left the Agency

In-Depth: Projects to Watch in California for Concessionary Discounts with Open Loop; Will More Riders Tap Bank Cards to Get Their Reduced Fares?

Vendor for Denmark’s High-Profile Mobile-Ticketing Service Contends Contract Loss in Switzerland Won’t Compromise Company ‘Stability’ or ‘Strategy’

Exclusive: U.S. Tariffs Will Cause Pain for Fare Vendors and Agencies, Though They May Not Spur More Manufacturing in U.S.