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Contactless Payment Cements Itself in Transit Payments

Transit riders have made one aspect of their mobility routines abundantly clear. They want to use contactless payments to pay as they commute to work or ride to the beach. A full 91% of transit users in the second Future of Urban Mobility Survey from Visa Inc. either strongly or …

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Mass Transit’s Next Big Move

First came contactless. Now, transit payments are gaining the account-to-account advantage, and with it more flexibility for riders and insight for operators. Long heralded as a key factor in spurring contactless payment adoption, transit-payment programs are fully embracing the technology. Yes, the Covid-19 pandemic was a key instigator in this …

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In Transit Payments, Collaboration Is Key

Agencies that work with vendors on innovation and service will get more of both. Word on the street is that some transit agencies are choosing to opt for more modular approaches when it comes to their transit-payment systems, picking and choosing different vendors for different parts of their systems. Agencies …

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Visa Adopts Contactless Transit Incentive and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/30/21

Visa Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said they will donate a dime to New York Cares through the month of September, up to a limit of $250,000, for each tap riders perform with a Chase Visa contactless card on subways or buses operated by New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority.VPay, …

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With More than 700 Transit Projects in the Pipeline, Visa Sees Tap-to-Pay Transit Payment Surge

As the veil of the Covid-19 pandemic begins to lift, consumers are beginning to resume some of their daily activities. One is returning to the office. While not all are doing this yet, the expectation is that mass-transit systems will soon see ridership bloom. One indicator is that Visa Inc. …

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San Francisco Becomes the Fourth Transit System to Adopt Cubic’s Contactless Payment App

San Francisco late last week became the fourth city to roll out Cubic Transportation Systems’ mobile contactless-payment application, joining Washington D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles. Consumers can use the white-label app and an iPhone or Apple Watch to purchase tickets from the 24 transit agencies that operate the city’s subway, …

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