Washington, D.C.’s, SmarTrip Latest Closed-Loop Fare Card Added to Pays Wallet

By:

Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, as expected, has added its closed-loop fare card SmarTrip to Google Pay, following support by Apple Pay for the card last year.

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