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November 17, 2011

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February 24, 2011

London to Support System-wide Use of Contactless Payment Cards

Transport for london logo 140pxTransport for London (TfL) has announced that by the end of 2012 readers across the whole TfL network will have been upgraded so that a touch of a contactless bank or credit card will allow passengers to pay for travel on the bus, Tube, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), Tram, and London Overground network.

February 08, 2011

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December 17, 2010

September 21, 2010

Visa Opens Doors for Mass Transit Riders in New York and Los Angeles

visa_logo-140px.jpgVisa announced today that commuters in NY and LA can use Visa to pay for bus, subway and train fares. In NY, Visa is allowing riders to pay using Visa payWave-enabled cards and mobile phones, while commuters in Los Angeles can use a special Visa prepaid card to ride the LA metro system. Visa has brought similar payment services to commuters in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Singapore, London and Paris."

August 16, 2010

Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Showcases DBS Visa Prepaid All-In-One Card

visa_logo-140px.jpg According to recent Visa new release, "Spectators at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony this Saturday can expect a unique entry process with their all-in-one DBS Visa Prepaid cards."

The all-in-one card replaces the usual paper ticket and serves as an entry pass to the Opening Ceremony. In addition, it allows cardholders to make purchases at places that accept Visa cards, including Youth Olympic venues. It also comes with a contactless EZ-link transit function that enables cardholders to enjoy free public transport to competition venues on event days. The card can be used as a regular transit card after the Games.
Moreover, no one will be admitted to the Opening Ceremony without their Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony DBS Visa Prepaid card, which is the ticket to the event. READ MORE »

June 01, 2010

NYC Transit Starts 6-Month Trial of MasterCard PayPass

MasterCardThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH), NJ TRANSIT (NJT) and MasterCard have announced the launch of a six month pilot program in which MasterCard PayPass will be accepted for fare payments on select train and bus routes throughout New York City and New Jersey. According to the companies, the service "enables riders of the three transit systems to purchase fares and transfer between transit systems simply by tapping a single type of contactless credit or debit card or device." According to a press release, the service will be "available exclusively to MasterCard PayPass customers during the first two months of the trial" before being opened up to other payments brands. READ MORE »

April 22, 2010

Visa Launches First All-in-One Event Ticket, Transit and Prepaid Card

visa_logo-140px.jpgVisa has announced the launch of the first Visa Prepaid card that combines payment, transit fare and event ticketing features all in one card. The Visa Prepaid card’s functions include payment for trips on Singapore’s public transportation system, making purchases at Visa merchants, as well as serving as a ticket for entry to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore. The Games will be held from 14 to 26 August 2010. READ MORE »

March 16, 2010

New White Papers from Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council has announced the availability of two new white papers to help transit agencies who are planning to upgrade their fare collection systems. The white papers are: "Planning for New Fare Payment and Collection Systems: Cost Considerations and Procurement Guidelines" and "A Guide to Prepaid Cards for Transit Agencies". READ MORE »

January 26, 2010

Smart Card Players Developing Open Standard for Transit Applications

Smart card manufacturers Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Oberthur Technologies, and chip suppliers Infineon Technologies AG and INSIDE Contactless have announced the launch of an industry initiative to provide "a new security solution for next-generation smart card based public transport applications. The solution will build on an open standard now being implemented by the four partner companies, which will eventually be governed by an independent body. Companies active in the smart card arena - providers of chips, smart cards, application-specific operating software, reader devices and transportation systems - are invited to join the initiative for the advancement of more secure public transportation applications." READ MORE »

November 07, 2009

New York's Cabbies Love Credit Cards!

In an article titled "New York’s Cabbies Like Credit Cards? Go Figure", Michael M. Grynbaum writes for the New York Times about how New York cabbies have grown to appreciate the benefits of payment card acceptance as they've emerged as "an unlikely savior for New York’s taxi industry." When initially introduced two years ago, cabbies were very unhappy with the requirement to accept cards. According to Grynbaum, all of that has changed.

October 26, 2009

Going Cashless

Over the last few years, we've been watching various acceptance environments abandoning cash and moving to only card-based payments. Perhaps the best examples are the airlines - who moved over a relatively short period to eliminating cash acceptance for meals and drinks purchased in-flight. Now comes word from the Miami Herald in south Florida that Florida's Turnpike is being turned into a cashless toll road. "By February 2011, all cash collection on the Turnpike's southernmost stretch will end, and crews will begin tearing down every toll booth."

September 01, 2009

A Look at London's Oyster Card

ReadWriteWeb takes a look at London's Oyster card, the RFID smart card used for electronic ticketing on London's public transport services.

March 25, 2009

A Look at Cards for Taxi Ride Payments in New York City

In an article titled "Taxi Commission Says Credit Cards Help Drivers", William Neuman writes for the New York Times "that credit cards may be saving the industry from feeling the worst effects of the recession." It turns out that since all cabs in New York City are now equipped for credit card payments, "many corporations that once ordered black cars for their employees have begun telling them instead to take a cab (which costs less) and charge it." One in five taxi trips are being paid for using payment cards.

March 18, 2009

Cubic Announces Exclusive Licensing Agreement with VIVOtech

Cubic Transportation Systems has announced it is providing new capabilities for the Cubic designed Tri-Reader® to enable an all-in-one reader that will process bank cards, prepaid cards and smart card-enabled mobile phones through an exclusive software development and licensing agreement with ViVOtech, a provider of point-of-sale (POS) readers for contactless and Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile phone payments. READ MORE »

February 23, 2009

Utah Transit Authority Showcases Open Payment System for Transit

The Utah Transit Authority is showcasing its new electronic fare collection system this week at an event held in Salt Lake City by the Smart Card Alliance. According to the UTA, "the new electronic payment system for the transit agency is the first full-system rollout of a transit payment system based on the open payment network." READ MORE »

February 03, 2009

Moversa Introduces U-SAM for Contactless, NFC Applications

Moversa, a joint venture between NXP and Sony Corporation, has announced it will unveil its latest security chip – the Universal Secure Access Module (U-SAM) – at this year’s Mobile World Congress (16-19 February in Barcelona, Spain). According to the company, "the chip manages contactless smart card applications, regardless of protocols and operating systems, in Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile devices. The potential of the U-SAM will be showcased on the NTT DOCOMO stand (Stand B117, Hall 8) in a demonstration featuring how multiple applications based on different contactless technologies, can be accessed on one mobile handset." READ MORE »

November 04, 2008

MasterCard, RATP Testing PayPass Contactless in Paris

MasterCard and RATP have announced that "they are cooperating at developing the functional and technical requirements and feasibility of using MasterCard PayPass contactless payment cards to access public transport services." According to MasterCard, "the goal is to help French and foreign travellers gain faster access to public transportation by simply taping their MasterCard PayPass bank card in front of a validator. In association with la Banque Postale, lab and field tests could also be conducted in the course of 2009."

[Editor's note: Today seems to be the day for contactless transit payments - apparently the new "killer app" for contactless. Earlier, Visa also announced trials of its PayWave contactless payments as part of a strategy focusing on transit payments. Since widespread deployment contactless acceptance is a precursor to supporting local mobile payments, transit payments may be emerging as an ideal, high-frequency acceptance environment for mobile payments - as it has been in Japan for several years.] READ MORE »

Visa Focuses on Transit Payments

As part of a strategy focused on enabling Visa card usage for transit payments, Visa has announced that it is working with the Los Angeles transit authority to allow train, subway and bus riders to speed through turnstiles and past fare boxes with a simple wave of their Visa payWave-enabled contactless card. In parallel, Visa Europe has announced it is collaborating with the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), the major transit operator responsible for public transportation in Paris and its surroundings, to demonstrate that Visa payWave acceptance at a Paris metro fare gate is technically feasible. READ MORE »

October 27, 2008

Chicago Taxis to Upgrade Card Payments Systems

Creative Mobile Technologies (CMT) has announced a 10-year deal with Taxi Affiliation Services, a Chicago based company providing services to Yellow, Checker and Blue Diamond taxicabs in the City of Chicago. Yellow, Checker and Blue Diamond, together form the nation's oldest and largest continually operating taxicab fleet, and comprise 2,600 taxicabs in Chicago. CMT's deal will bring Chicago taxi passengers a credit card payment system in the rear seats of vehicles. READ MORE »

October 15, 2008

NFC Forum Sponsors Mobile Transactions Workshop

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has announced that it is sponsoring and participating in the Mobile Transactions Workshop at the Mobile Internet World Conference and Expo, October 22 at 2:30 PM, at the Boston, Massachusetts Convention & Exhibition Center. READ MORE »

October 07, 2008

Introducing Contactless Transit and Retail Payments in Brazil

Libercard, ViVOtech and Inteligensa have announced they have "collaborated to develop the first Transit & Retail combination contactless payment implementation in Latin America. With the new technology, Brazilians in the city of Fortaleza use a single contactless payment card to ride local transit and make retail purchases. Libercard has enabled tens of thousands of transit riders with dual-purpose prepaid contactless cards to ride transit, pay for purchases and perform top-ups at several hundred retail stores in Fortaleza that use ViVOtech contactless payment devices implemented with Inteligensa integration expertise." READ MORE »

Emerging Pockets of Cashlessness

Over on the Digital Money Forum blog, Dave Birch writes about a student In London who spends a whole day using just his Barclays OnePulse card - and then comes home to find his wallet (with his cash) on the kitchen table. Some believe that, in a few years, he wouldn't even need his card - just his ever-present mobile phone!

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