Helsinki Plans Multimodal Contactless EMV Fare Payments, with Plans for Daily and Weekly Fare Capping

By:

Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Helsinki Regional TransportAuthority plans to accept contactless EMV payments on its multimodal system, including its buses, metro, trams and ferries. The rollout, expected to be completed in 2023, will also support daily and weekly fare capping.

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