Cubic Expands Agreement with Moovit, Seeking to Drive More Use of Mobile Apps by Transit Agencies

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By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based Cubic Transportation Systems and Israel-based trip planning app provider Moovit, now owned by Intel, have expanded their partnership to develop mobile services for transit agencies, seeking to enable transit customers to “look, book and pay” for multimodal journeys. Related stories, automatically selected:  Software-as-Service Platforms for Transit Agencies […]

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Brussels Latest European Capital to Launch Open-Loop Fare Payments

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By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Major Brussels transit operator STIB-MIVB plans to begin accepting contactless EMV credit and debit cards and NFC wallets on Wednesday, the latest European capital to launch open-loop payments following the success of the technology as demonstrated in London. Related stories, automatically selected:  In-Depth: Boston Transit Agency Seeks to Put

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BNP Paribas to issue biometric payment cards to Premier and Gold cardholders

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BNP Paribas is to begin issuing payment cards with a built-in fingerprint sensor to its Premier and Gold cardholders later this year, the French bank has announced. The bank plans to issue an initial 10,000 to 15,000 cards “this autumn”, BNP Paribas’ Jean-Marie Dragon told Le Parisien. Read the rest of BNP Paribas to issue

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Central bank blocks WhatsApp payments in Brazil

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Brazil’s central bank has “ordered Visa and Mastercard to suspend the start of activities or immediately stop using the WhatsApp application to initiate payments and transfers”. The move follows Facebook’s launch of WhatsApp payments in Brazil just last week. The Banco Central do Brasil’s motivation for the decision “is to preserve an adequate competitive environment,

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Eurostar to let international train passengers use biometrics to replace physical tickets and passport checks

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Rail passengers using Eurostar services to travel between London and continental Europe are set to be the first to use a new face recognition system to board their train “without showing a ticket or passport”. The new walk-through system “will allow customers to complete ticket checks and border exit processes at St Pancras International station

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In-Depth: Boston Transit Agency Seeks to Put Massive Fare-Collection Project Back on Track

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By:  Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The massive new fare-collection system planned by Boston’s Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, which will include open-loop contactless payments and an expanded closed-loop program, has had trouble getting off the ground. Late last week, the transit agency finalized its “reset” of the project, agreeing to increase the

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Xiaomi picks NXP’s mWallet 2Go to add payments to Mi Smart Band 4

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PARTNER NEWS: Xiaomi is to use NXP’s mWallet 2Go technology to let consumers across Europe make payments using its low-cost Mi Smart Band 4 wearable. “NXP’s mWallet 2Go is designed to ease development, reduce cost and accelerate time to market for OEMs to add mobile payment capability to any wearable and mobile device,” the chip

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