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New Zealand to launch national open loop contactless fare payments in 2022

By Tom Phillips • 8 July 2021 • Updated 8 July 2021 • nfcw.com
New Zealand bus

Public transport users in the New Zealand city of Canterbury will be the first to be able to make contactless fare payments with a new national public transport smartcard or their own credit or debit card using an account-based open loop payments system being introduced by the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency... More


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Beijing Rail Transit lets passengers pay their fares with digital yuan

By Tom Phillips • 2 July 2021 • Updated 2 July 2021 • nfcw.com
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) logo

Passengers on 24 subway lines and four suburban rail services in the Chinese capital of Beijing can now use the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to make contactless payments for their fares from a digital yuan mobile wallet issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. More


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Translink to roll out interoperable fare-capped contactless ticketing across Northern Ireland

By Tom Phillips • 1 July 2021 • Updated 6 July 2022 • nfcw.com
Translink Northern Ireland logo

Public transport users in Northern Ireland will soon be able to make tap-on-tap-off contactless fare payments on all bus and rail services across the whole province using their debit or credit card or a single transit smartcard. More



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SEPTA reveals plans to expand mobile payments for transit ticketing in Philadelphia

By Tom Phillips • 1 July 2021 • Updated 13 February 2023 • nfcw.com
SEPTA Philadelphia bus

South East Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in the US is planning to upgrade or replace its SEPTA Key transit card system in order to offer passengers on its bus, trolley and rail networks in the Greater Philadelphia region a wider range of transit ticketing options... More


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Stockholm to add EMV white label card for closed loop transit ticketing

By Tom Phillips • 24 June 2021 • Updated 24 June 2021 • nfcw.com
Stockholm's sl card for closed loop ticketing

Passengers travelling on metro, rail, bus, tram and boat services in the Swedish capital of Stockholm will soon be able to use an EMV white label card issued by the city’s Storstockholm Lokaltrafik (SL) transit authority to make EMV contactless payments for their fares... More


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Washington Metro lets Android users add SmarTrip transit cards to Google Pay

By Tom Phillips • 9 June 2021 • Updated 9 June 2021 • nfcw.com

Passengers with an Android NFC phone can now make tap-and-go fare payments on public transportation services in the Washington DC area in the US by adding a SmarTrip transit card to Google Pay... More


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Korean buses trial ‘tagless’ Bluetooth fare payments

By Tom Phillips • 2 June 2021 • Updated 29 August 2023 • nfcw.com
Tageless Bluetooth fare reader

Passengers travelling on three inter-regional bus routes in South Korea’s Gyeonggi-do province can now test a ‘tagless’ fare payment system that enables them to pay for their tickets without needing to tap an onboard contactless reader with their transit card or smartphone... More


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Brescia rolls out account based contactless ticketing across entire public transport network

By Tom Phillips • 2 June 2021 • Updated 2 June 2021 • nfcw.com
Customer using Brescia Mobilità contactless ticket validator

Passengers travelling on Brescia Mobilità buses in the northern Italian city and 14 surrounding municipalities can now make contactless fare payments with their credit or debit card or from a digital wallet on their NFC phone or smart watch... More


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CTA lets Android users tap and pay for transit fares in Chicago

By Tom Phillips • 27 May 2021 • Updated 27 May 2021 • nfcw.com
CTA Ventra card on smartphone for Chicago travel

Passengers on public transportation services in Chicago in the US can now use an Android NFC smartphone to make tap-and-go fare payments by uploading the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) virtual Ventra transit card to Google Pay... More


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UK government unveils plans for digital ticketing across national rail network

By Tom Phillips • 26 May 2021 • Updated 14 November 2022 • nfcw.com
National rail online booking

Passengers travelling on UK train services are to get more contactless and digital ticketing options across the rail network and will be able to buy tickets and access fare and timetable information via a single integrated website, the UK government has announced... More


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Clipper rolls out support for Google Pay for transit fares in San Francisco Bay Area

By Tom Phillips • 20 May 2021 • Updated 20 May 2021 • nfcw.com
Clipper and Google Pay on smartphones

Android users can now upload their Clipper transit card to Google Pay, reload their card balance and pay for their fares on 24 transit systems across the San Francisco Bay Area of the USA with their smartphone... More


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ABI forecasts open loop EMV transit ticketing payment cards to top 136m by 2025

By Tom Phillips • 18 May 2021 • Updated 18 May 2021 • nfcw.com
ABI Research logo

The number of open-loop EMV contactless cards used to make transit ticketing payments worldwide will increase from 24.8m currently to 136.9m by 2025, according to an ABI Research forecast. More


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California begins state-wide rollout of fare capped open loop contactless ticketing

By Tom Phillips • 12 May 2021 • Updated 12 May 2021 • nfcw.com
Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) tap to ride illustration

Passengers using Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) buses are the first in the state of California, USA, to be able to pay their fares with their bank card or payment-enabled mobile device using a fare-capped open loop contactless ticketing system... More


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Finnish cities roll out open loop contactless fare payments

By Tom Phillips • 5 May 2021 • Updated 28 October 2022 • nfcw.com
Helsinki Regional Transport contactless payment instructions illustration

Passengers using selected ferries and trams in the Finnish capital of Helsinki and buses in the city of Tampere can now make EMV contactless fare payments using an open loop ticketing platform being rolled out by Helsinki Regional Transport and Tampere’s Nysse regional transit authority... More


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Google Pay to add transit payments to home screen

By Tom Phillips • 5 May 2021 • Updated 23 August 2023 • nfcw.com
Google Pay transit payments shortcut on home screen

Google Pay users in the US will soon be able to access mobile transit ticketing services including fare payments and transit card management directly from the app’s home screen on their smartphone or other mobile device... More


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Transport for Ireland adds NFC transit card top-ups for iPhone users

By Tom Phillips • 29 April 2021 • Updated 28 April 2021 • nfcw.com
Transport for Ireland Leap NFC transit card top-up

Passengers on public transportation services in Ireland can now use an NFC-enabled iPhone to top up their Leap transit card using Transport for Ireland’s (TfI) Leap Card top-up app... More



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Octopus to let Hong Kong cardholders pay for transit fares in mainland China

By Tom Phillips • 20 April 2021 • Updated 20 April 2021 • nfcw.com
Octopus Hong Kong contactless transit card

Octopus users in Hong Kong will soon be able to pay for public transport fares in more than 300 cities in mainland China with a new physical transit card to be launched “by the end of this year or early next year”, according to a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report... More


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Dayton RTA adds physical cards to Tapp Pay mobile ticketing service

By Tom Phillips • 19 April 2021 • Updated 19 April 2021 • nfcw.com
Dayton RTA Tapp Pay smartcard

The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (GDRTA) in the US state of Ohio has launched a reusable physical smartcard to enable passengers without a smartphone to make capped contactless fare payments using its Tapp Pay account-based ticketing service... More


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San Francisco MTC lets passengers pay fares with Clipper on iPhone and Apple Watch

By Tom Phillips • 16 April 2021 • Updated 16 April 2021 • nfcw.com
San Francisco MTC Clipper on iPhone

Passengers on 24 public transportation systems in the San Francisco Bay Area of the USA can now add their Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Clipper stored-value transit card to Apple Wallet and use their iPhone or Apple Watch to make contactless payments for bus, train and ferry fares... More


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Sydney integrates digital Opal card with rideshare services

By Tom Phillips • 31 March 2021 • Updated 31 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Sydney digital Opal card

Commuters in Sydney, Australia, will soon be able to use a digital version of their Opal transit card to pay for taxi fares and rideshare services and earn credit towards the cost of public transportation services they then transfer to... More


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