TriMet Adds Apple Wallet Option and other Digital Transactions New briefs from 5/23/19

TriMet, the transit agency for the Portland, Ore., region, said transit riders can now use its Hop Fastpass card in Apple Wallet and use their iPhones and Apple Watches to pay for fares on TriMet, C-TRAN, and Portland Streetcar lines. TriMet said Hop is the first transit fare to launch in Apple Wallet in North America.
SpotHero, a provider of mobile and online apps that allow drivers to book parking spaces, said it is expanding operations in Toronto with a deal to ease parking at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Ingenico ePayments, the e-commerce unit of Ingenico Group, said e-commerce services provider Radial will offer merchants Ingenico’s payments services and fraud-prevention tools.
USA Technologies Inc., a provider of contactless-payment technology for self-service machines, appointed Matthew W. McConnell chief operating officer, a newly created position.
Computer Services Inc. named Kurt Guenther president of its Business Solutions Group. Guenther joins the payment-technology firm from SAP.

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