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Canada’s Largest Transit Agency Launches Open-Loop Payments Today

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 15, 2023 (December 22, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Toronto

Canada’s largest public transit agency, the Toronto Transit Commission, or TTC, launched open-loop payments today on its buses, streetcars (trams) and four-line metro, after years of delays. [...]

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Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 20, 2023 (January 2, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, NEORide

Some groups of small and medium-sized transit agencies in the U.S. are looking to procure new fare or ticketing systems, hoping to get a better deal from vendors than the agencies could on their own. [...]

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Toronto’s Largest Transit Operator, TTC, to Launch Open-Loop Payments in Mid-2023

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 23, 2023 (August 15, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Toronto

Riders of the largest public transit operator in Canada’s biggest city, the Toronto Transit Commission, or TTC, will finally get an open-loop payments option by mid-2023. That will include the Toronto subway, a spokeswoman for transit agency Metrolinx...

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In-Depth: Canadian Transit Agencies See Low Adoption of Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 2, 2023 (February 3, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Canada, Editor's Choice

Despite a high-profile launch recently of domestic debit card acceptance in Canada and more open-loop rollouts there, Canadian transit agencies say they have no plans to promote open-loop payments over their close-loop cards. [...]

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TransLink in Vancouver Hopes Enabling Riders to Tap Domestic Debit Cards Will Increase Use of Its Open-Loop Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 12, 2023 (January 17, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Interac, TransLink

Vancouver transit authority TransLink Wednesday launched the much-anticipated expansion of its open-loop payments service to include Canada’s popular domestic debit brand, Interac–hoping to increase adoption of what has been a little-used service....

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Canada Lags Behind on Open-Loop Payments, but Interest Continues to Build, According to Major Acquirer

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 11, 2022 (August 12, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Moneris, STL, TransLink, TTC

When it comes to open-loop payments, Canada has been lagging behind, acknowledges Pasquale Pizzi, senior vice president for Moneris, a major processor and acquirer in the country. [...]

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Canadian Transit Agencies Move to Enable Domestic Debit but Open Loop Expected to Continue to Take Back Seat

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 21, 2022 (January 12, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged STL, TransLink

Montréal-area transit operator STL this month officially launched its open-loop payments service–one of the few in Canada and the largest project outside of Vancouver. [...]

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Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 16, 2022 (February 18, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, HSL, Metrolinx, Transport for London

Transit agencies planning to roll out new electronic fare-collection systems have typically hired automated fare-collection vendors to handle the entire projects, from supplying the validators and payments processing to building or procuring the back office...

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Toronto Area Transit Agency Expands Contactless Pilot, but Canada’s Largest City Slow to Roll Out Open Loop

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on October 29, 2021 (October 29, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Metrolinx, Toronto

Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is continuing its move to open-loop payments, though is taking a slow approach–with transit authority Metrolinx not calling an end yet to a more than six-month pilot and then committing to pursuing a rollout in a “phased...

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SaaS Ticketing Vendor Sees Pent Up Market Demand for Mobile Ticketing

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 7, 2021 (April 7, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Bytemark

It comes as little surprise that demand for mobile ticketing by transit agencies has soared at the same time ridership plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic. [...]

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Canada’s Largest Transit Agency Launches Open-Loop Payments Today

Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?

Toronto’s Largest Transit Operator, TTC, to Launch Open-Loop Payments in Mid-2023

In-Depth: Canadian Transit Agencies See Low Adoption of Open-Loop Payments

TransLink in Vancouver Hopes Enabling Riders to Tap Domestic Debit Cards Will Increase Use of Its Open-Loop Service

Canada Lags Behind on Open-Loop Payments, but Interest Continues to Build, According to Major Acquirer

Canadian Transit Agencies Move to Enable Domestic Debit but Open Loop Expected to Continue to Take Back Seat

Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model

Toronto Area Transit Agency Expands Contactless Pilot, but Canada’s Largest City Slow to Roll Out Open Loop

SaaS Ticketing Vendor Sees Pent Up Market Demand for Mobile Ticketing

Calls Unheeded? Transport for London Says Certain Merchant Fees Rising Despite Complaints

Auckland Launches Open-Loop Service as Planned, as It Awaits Implementation of National Rollout in New Zealand

Report: Conduent and State Transport Officials in Melbourne at ‘Loggerheads’ Over Contract, but State Denies Problems

Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

Tip Sheet: Will Conduent Put Its Transit Fare-Collection Business on Sale Again?

Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

U.S. Agency Releases First Details about Reasons for ‘Emergency Procurement’ to Replace Fare System; is It Enough?

Australia: Cubic Notches Contract in Tasmania by ‘Leveraging’ Its Larger Queensland Project in ‘Platform-as-a-Service’ Play

Tip Sheet: Washington, D.C., Short Lists Vendors for Open-Loop Payments Project

U.S. Agency CapMetro Calls ‘Emergency Procurement’ that Hired Cubic to Replace Incumbent Vendor Bytemark a ‘Pressing Urgency’