‘No Way We were Going to Ask for Half a Billion Dollars…’
By: Dan Balaban Unlike other major transit agencies in the U.S., which have spent hundreds of millions of dollars replacing or upgrading their fare-collection systems, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has taken a different approach. Related stories, automatically selected: Masabi Seeks to Expand Beyond Mobile Ticketing and to Sign Up Large Agencies, Stoking
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Apple’s Digital Driver’s License Initiative Not Only One Progressing in U.S.
By: Kiona Smith NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Eight U.S. states will soon allow residents to store a digital version of their driver’s license or state identification card in the Apple Wallet, the tech giant announced, noting that theTransportation Security Administration, or TSA, will accept the digital ID at airport security checkpoints and lanes. Related stories, automatically selected: Open-Loop
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Two in five US consumers still cite cash as their preferred payment method
CASHING IN: The survey revealed that many US consumers prefer to pay for small purchases using cash Two-fifths of US consumers (40%) still prefer to use cash and just under 40% of US businesses (39%) maintain a cash-only policy for purchases of less than US$20 “despite the availability of technology-driven forms of payment such as
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Research identifies lack of global standards as key barrier to implementing Covid-19 health status certificates
RESEARCH: The paper recommends secure applications with embedded technologies such as QR codes A research paper published by the University of Exeter in the UK identifies the lack of global standards as one of the key barriers to the successful implementation of digital and paper-based Covid-19 health status certificates worldwide. A lack of trust in
UK Post Office lets customers verify their identity when collecting deliveries with digital ID app
DIGITAL PROOF: Customers can create a digital ID on the EasyID app to prove their identity and age Consumers can now prove their identity when picking up parcels and other deliveries at post offices across the UK using a digital identity app rather than a paper document such as their passport or driving licence. The
Apple to roll out digital driving licences and IDs in eight US states
DIGITAL ID: Apple users can scan in their physical ID and authorise sharing their data with the TSA Apple users in the US states of Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma and Utah will soon be able to store and present digital versions of their driving licence and state ID documents on an NFC-enabled
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