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Dutch Transport Agencies Set New Date for Turning Off 20-year-Old Closed-Loop Card Program–in Two Years; Will They Make It?

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 2, 2025 (January 10, 2025)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Netherlands, OVpay

Transport agencies in the Netherlands, the first country of any size to accept open-loop fare payments nationally, are having a more difficult time with a complementary piece of their new…

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Netherlands Plans to Expand Open Loop to More Discount Products–as Growth in Adoption Continues to Slow

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 22, 2024 (November 5, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Netherlands, OVpay

Public transport operators in the Netherlands plan to expand the discount products that customers receive when they tap their debit cards–with the goal of offering the same discounts as riders…

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Death of Dutch Prepaid Bank Card Deal Shows Concept is Difficult Proposition for Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 4, 2024 (September 21, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Netherlands, OVpay

The recent break between Dutch transport-ticketing agency Translink Systems and Netherlands-based neobank bunq is another setback for the idea of using prepaid bank cards in place of closed-loop fare cards…

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Updated: Netherlands Stands by Plan to Retire Much-Used Closed-Loop Card by End of 2025

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 25, 2024 (October 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Netherlands, OVpay

Dutch transport officials are still on track to fully retire the country’s nationwide closed-loop card program, OV-chipkaart, by the end of next year, the program director for the year-old open-loop…

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‘Frankly Outrageous’: Open-Loop Pioneer Says Interchange Fees for Transit Agencies Too High, Especially in U.S.

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 29, 2023 (July 6, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Interchange, OVpay, Transport for London

Shashi Verma, chief technology officer for Transport for London and the driving force behind the agency’s landmark open-loop payments service, called for greater regulation of interchange rates outside of the…

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Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 30, 2023 (December 27, 2024)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Mifare, OMNY, OVpay, Stockholm

Transit agency Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched what is believed to be the industry’s first rollout of white-label EMV cards for its closed-loop customers in September 2021. To…

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Dutch National Rail Operator to Launch Open-Loop Payments as Part of Nationwide Rollout in Netherlands

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 27, 2023 (January 28, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Netherlands, OVpay

Nederlandse Spoorwegen, or NS, the Dutch national railway and by far the largest transit operator in the country, yesterday announced it will launch open-loop payments next Tuesday. While open loop…

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Dutch Transport Agencies Set New Date for Turning Off 20-year-Old Closed-Loop Card Program–in Two Years; Will They Make It?

Netherlands Plans to Expand Open Loop to More Discount Products–as Growth in Adoption Continues to Slow

Death of Dutch Prepaid Bank Card Deal Shows Concept is Difficult Proposition for Agencies

Updated: Netherlands Stands by Plan to Retire Much-Used Closed-Loop Card by End of 2025

‘Frankly Outrageous’: Open-Loop Pioneer Says Interchange Fees for Transit Agencies Too High, Especially in U.S.

Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

Dutch National Rail Operator to Launch Open-Loop Payments as Part of Nationwide Rollout in Netherlands

Vendors Prepare to Compete for Business, as New York’s MTA Requests First Bids for Large Fare-Evasion Project

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Barcelona Transport Authority Sets Date for Launch of Open-Loop Payments…Again; Can It Make It This Time?

Miami-Dade County Recommends Masabi for Back Office Deal; If Approved by Board, Debt-Strapped Cubic Would Lose Another Contract as Incumbent