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By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The CIO of Italy’s largest public transit operator, ATAC SpA, said the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated demand for open-loop contactless and mobile payments, but added that old habits are hard to break for customers and use of cash and paper tickets are still popular. Related stories, automatically selected:  […]

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, or RTA, which in December first launched mobile fare payments with a digital version of its closed-loop card in Huawei smartphones, says it plans to expand the service to other OEMs, including Apple and Samsung. Related stories, automatically selected:  Apple Pay Enables Ventra Closed-Loop

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The agency that runs ticketing for 19 public bus, tram and train operators serving Porto, Portugal’s second largest city, says it has had success–and faced several challenges–with the rollout of its Anda mobile-ticketing app. Related stories, automatically selected:  In-Depth: Contactless Open-Loop Pilot in Spain First Project from Vendor

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The agency that runs ticketing for 19 public bus, tram and train operators serving Porto, Portugal’s second largest city, says it has had success–and faced several challenges–with the rollout of its Anda mobile-ticketing app. Related stories, automatically selected:  In-Depth: Contactless Open-Loop Pilot in Spain First Project from Vendor

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA, says it continues to see steady growth of its open-loop fare payments service, OMNY, announcing 50 million taps by customers using NFC wallets and bank cards to ride the massive New York City Subway and the city’s buses. Related stories, automatically

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Bilbobus, which operates bus service for the city of Bilbao, in northern Spain’s Basque region, says it launched its recent trial of con Related stories, automatically selected:  Software-as-Service Platforms for Transit Agencies Begin to Support Open-Loop Payments Uber Expands Mobile Ticketing to More U.S. Public Transit Agencies U.S.

Mar 11 2021 By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Bilbobus, which operates bus service for the city of Bilbao, in northern Spain’s Basque region, says it launched its recent trial of con Related stories, automatically selected:  Software-as-Service Platforms for Transit Agencies Begin to Support Open-Loop Payments Uber Expands Mobile Ticketing to More U.S. Public

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Moscow Metro plans to roll out facial-recognition technology at every station by the end of 2021 to enable customers to pay fares, officials say. The project, while delayed, would be the largest of its kind globally. Related stories, automatically selected:  Moscow Metro Sees Continued Growth in Open-Loop

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Stockholm Public Transport, or SL, the city-owned company that oversees major public transport in the city, is the latest agency in Europe to launch open-loop fare collection, offering multimodal rides with a tap of a contactless EMV bank card or NFC device. Related stories, automatically selected:  Case Study:

By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – GVB, Amsterdam’s largest public transit operator, says it seeks to replace an aging closed-loop fare card system and go to open-loop and other digital tokens with the planned rollout of its new account-based ticketing system. Related stories, automatically selected:  Google Announces Plans to Enable Public Transit Ticketing in