Apple Pay Enables Ventra Closed-Loop Fare Card in Chicago after Long Delay

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Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple has finally made good on plans to enable fare payments through Apple Pay with the closed-loop Ventra card from the Chicago Transit Authority, or CTA, the latest major closed-loop card the tech giant has enabled in recent months.

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