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Published: Feb 28 2021. NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Stockholm Public Transport, or SL, the city-owned company that oversees major public transport in the city, is the latest agency in Europe to launch open-loop fare collection, offering multimodal rides with a ABOUT US | NFC TIMES NFC Times is the premier source of news, analysis and insight on NFC, contactless cards and digital payments, produced by real journalists. It is led by Dan Balaban, who has covered contactless technology and NFC for more than 15 years. He has worked as a journalist for more than 30 years, the past 20 years in France and Taiwan. NFC Times is published by Forthwrite Media. WASHINGTON, D.C.’S, SMARTRIP LATEST CLOSED-LOOP FARE CARD NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019.RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailingservice, Lyft.
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The Isis joint venture, formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA, seeks to use the combined market clout of three major U.S. mobile carriers to roll out NFC phones and services. The telcos are building a uniform platform for their NFC-based Isis wallets, which would be loaded with payment, couponing, ticketing and other contactlessGEMALTO | NFC TIMES
Headquarters: France. Since its creation in 2006 from the merger of the two largest smart card makers at the time, Gemalto has billed itself as “the world leader in digital security.”. That motto is a bit grandiose given that Gemalto still mainly sells only smart cards. But while security is the chief role of smart cards, Gemalto isseeking
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NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019.RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailingservice, Lyft.
NTT DOCOMO | NFC TIMES The results of the DoCoMo-led rollout of contactless phones has been impressive, at least on the surface: Today, more than 60 million phones in Japan pack the contactless FeliCa chip, which comes from DoCoMo’s joint venture partner Sony Corp. The chips and associated secure memory can support a range of payment, ticketing and otherapplications.
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Published: Apr 5 2019. NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based Nxt-ID disclosed late Thursday that the spin-off of its payments unit, Fit Pay, which provides bank card provisioning for Garmin Pay, would again be delayed, as it waits another couple of weeks for the closing of a nearly $17 million loan it needs to move forward with the newHOME | NFC TIMES
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019.RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailingservice, Lyft.
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Published: Feb 28 2021. NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Stockholm Public Transport, or SL, the city-owned company that oversees major public transport in the city, is the latest agency in Europe to launch open-loop fare collection, offering multimodal rides with a ABOUT US | NFC TIMES NFC Times is the premier source of news, analysis and insight on NFC, contactless cards and digital payments, produced by real journalists. It is led by Dan Balaban, who has covered contactless technology and NFC for more than 15 years. He has worked as a journalist for more than 30 years, the past 20 years in France and Taiwan. NFC Times is published by Forthwrite Media. WASHINGTON, D.C.’S, SMARTRIP LATEST CLOSED-LOOP FARE CARD NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019.RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailingservice, Lyft.
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The Isis joint venture, formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA, seeks to use the combined market clout of three major U.S. mobile carriers to roll out NFC phones and services. The telcos are building a uniform platform for their NFC-based Isis wallets, which would be loaded with payment, couponing, ticketing and other contactlessGEMALTO | NFC TIMES
Headquarters: France. Since its creation in 2006 from the merger of the two largest smart card makers at the time, Gemalto has billed itself as “the world leader in digital security.”. That motto is a bit grandiose given that Gemalto still mainly sells only smart cards. But while security is the chief role of smart cards, Gemalto isseeking
TOPIC “APPLE VAS” NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019.RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailingservice, Lyft.
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NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019.RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailingservice, Lyft.
NTT DOCOMO | NFC TIMES The results of the DoCoMo-led rollout of contactless phones has been impressive, at least on the surface: Today, more than 60 million phones in Japan pack the contactless FeliCa chip, which comes from DoCoMo’s joint venture partner Sony Corp. The chips and associated secure memory can support a range of payment, ticketing and otherapplications.
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Published: Apr 5 2019. NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based Nxt-ID disclosed late Thursday that the spin-off of its payments unit, Fit Pay, which provides bank card provisioning for Garmin Pay, would again be delayed, as it waits another couple of weeks for the closing of a nearly $17 million loan it needs to move forward with the new SUBSCRIBE TO NFC TIMES With a premium subscription to NFC Times, you get: Premium Content: Exclusive news and feature stories accessible directly on NFCTimes.com. Special Reports: Special reports on NFC, contactless and related technologies. E-Mail Alerts: Regular e-mail updates, keeping you abreast of important stories.FEATURES SECTION
K.N. Smith. NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – With the National Football League kicking off its season in a few weeks in the U.S., fans will be using NFC, QR codes and perhaps ultrasonic signals on their mobile devices, in addition to tapping contactless-enabled paper tickets, to attend football games and other events at all 31 NFL stadiums. NFC AND CONTACTLESS-MOBILE PROJECTS New Zealand: New Zealand JV Launches SIM-Based Wallet After Delay, Though Must Deal with Bank Interest in HCE, New Zealand; New Zealand: Second Major Banks Announces Plans to Launch Mobile Payments with HCE, New Zealand; Netherlands: Rabobank First Dutch Bank to Launch NFC Commercially; Shuns SIMs for Embedded Chips, Netherlands; Hungary: Magyar Telekom Launches Commercial NFCNXP SEMICONDUCTORS
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019.RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailingservice, Lyft.
U.S. TRANSIT AGENCY IN PENNSYLVANIA LATEST TO LAUNCH NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – A mid-tier U.S. transit agency in Pennsylvania is the latest to introduce mobile ticketing with an option for riders to use smart cards to pay for fares, using a software-as-a-service ticketing platform from a start-up. The South Central Transit Authority, or SCTA, which had an annual pre-pandemic ridership of more than 5 million with a fleet of about 100 buses TRANSPORT TICKETING DIGITAL SUMMIT This three-day online summit will gather the global smart ticketing and mobility community to explore how transport operators and authorities are rethinking the way passengers use their services; leveraging ticketing technology, journey planning, data analytics, and updated fare structures to reduce touch points, improve passenger flow and increase ridership.TOPIC “INCOMM”
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019.RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailingservice, Lyft.
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Open-Loop Payments Trial at Small California Transit Agency Could Lead to More Rollouts in Giant State Cubic Announces Two More Small Transit Agencies Launching Umo, as Company Seeks to Broaden Market Reach In-Depth: Transit Agency Sells Passes for Bikes and Buses through Trip-Planning App, though Cash Still Reigns Budding MaaS App Hits Milestone for Public Transit Tickets but Share of Total Rides Still LowMore Top Stories
Open-Loop Payments Trial at Small California Transit Agency Could Lead to More Rollouts in Giant State Published: May 12 2021 NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – California public bus agency Monterey-Salinas Transit on Tuesday officially launched a six-month “demonstration” project to pilot contactless open-loop payments. While the agency is very small, providing only around 3,500 rides per day last year, the launch holds much greater significance. Cubic Announces Two More Small Transit Agencies Launching Umo, as Company Seeks to Broaden Market Reach Published: May 8 2021 NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based Cubic Transportation Systems has announced contracts with two more small U.S. transit agencies to move to Cubic’s Umo ticketing platform, as the large automated fare-collection system vendor seeks to broaden its marketreach.
In-Depth: Transit Agency Sells Passes for Bikes and Buses through Trip-Planning App, though Cash Still Reigns Published: May 4 2021 NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – RTC of Southern Nevada, the main transit agency serving Las Vegas and the surrounding region, now enables customers to buy passes for bike share in addition to tickets for buses through the trip-planning Transit app. Although the implementation is relatively small, project backers say Las Vegas is the first U.S. city to launch bike share and transit passes in thesame app.
Budding MaaS App Hits Milestone for Public Transit Tickets but Share of Total Rides Still Low Published: Apr 21 2021 NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based trip-planning app Transit announced it has enabled 500,000 rides from its app for a group of 13 small to mid-tier transit agencies based in the state of Ohio, though mobile ticketing still makes up a small percentage of total rides provided by the agencies.NFC CONFIDENTIAL
APPLE JOINS CONFERENCE CIRCUIT AND HYPE HAPPENS; AND IS APPLE PAY CASHA THREAT TO BANKS?
Published: Oct 26 2017 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT –LAS VEGAS: _PERHAPS TO BOTH PRESERVE ITS MYSTIQUE AND AVOID LEAKS, APPLE HAS SCRUPULOUSLY AVOIDED SPEAKING OR EXHIBITING AT TRADE SHOWS AND CONFERENCES OVER THE YEARS.READ MORE »
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IN-DEPTH: AS COVID-19 CAUSES TRANSIT RIDERSHIP TO PLUMMET, THIRD-PARTY MOBILE-TICKETING VENDORS HOPE TO HELP BRING RIDERS BACK Published: May 18 2020By: Dan Balaban
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _AS THE COVID-19 CRISIS SOWS FEAR AMONG MASS TRANSIT CUSTOMERS AND CAUSES RIDERSHIP ON BUSES, TRAINS AND TRAMS TO CRASH, THERE IS HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN MOBILE TICKETING AND OTHER ELECTRONIC FARE PAYMENTS AS A WAY TO EASE THE CONCERNS AND HELP COAX WARY RIDERS TO RETURN.READ MORE »
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* Cubic Transportation Systems* Delerrok
* Fare-payments-as-a-service* Masabi
* Metropolitan Transportation Authority * Mobility-as-a-Service* RTD
ANALYSIS: APPLE CHIPS AWAY AT FORTRESS EUROPE WITH ANOTHER MAJOR BANK PLANNING TO JOIN APPLE PAY Published: Apr 24 2019By: Dan Balaban
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _WITH SWITZERLAND’S NO. 2 BANK, CREDIT SUISSE, EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN APPLE PAY, THE U.S.-BASED TECH GIANT CONTINUES TO CHIP AWAY AT RESISTANCE AMONG MAJOR EUROPEAN BANKS TO JOINING ITS DIGITAL PAYMENTS SERVICE.READ MORE »
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U.S. FOOTBALL SEES NFC-ENABLED E-TICKETS AS WAY TO CUT FRAUD, MARKETTO FANS
Published: Aug 15 2018By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _WITH THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE KICKING OFF ITS SEASON IN A FEW WEEKS IN THE U.S., FANS WILL BE USING NFC, QR CODES AND PERHAPS ULTRASONIC SIGNALS ON THEIR MOBILE DEVICES, IN ADDITION TO TAPPING CONTACTLESS-ENABLED PAPER TICKETS, TO ATTEND FOOTBALL GAMES AND OTHER EVENTS AT ALL 31 NFL STADIUMS.READ MORE »
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IN-DEPTH: AS U.S. LAGS IN CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS, ARE ISSUERS READY TO ROLL OUT DUAL-INTERFACE EMV CARDS? Published: Jul 30 2018By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _MOST ISSUERS IN THE U.S. HAVE SO FAR HELD BACK FROM ROLLING OUT CONTACTLESS OR DUAL-INTERFACE CARDS, BUT MERCHANT ACCEPTANCE HAS BEEN QUIETLY BUILDING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, DESPITE SOME LARGE U.S. RETAILERS BALKING AT ACCEPTING CONTACTLESS CARDS AND NFC-ENABLED DEVICES.READ MORE »
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IN-DEPTH: CAN CONTACTLESS CARDS SUCCEED IN U.S. WHERE NFC MOBILE WALLETS HAVE FAILED? Published: Jun 19 2018By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT –_ PAYMENTS INDUSTRY BACKERS SUGGEST THAT U.S. BANKS COULD HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO BEGIN CONTACTLESS ROLLOUTS SOON, BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF DEADLINES FROM THE MAJOR PAYMENTS NETWORKS, WHICH ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING IN OTHER MARKETS, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF ROLLOUTS IN THE U.S. ON THE HORIZON.READ MORE »
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* Jamie Topolski. TJ Considine* Oliver Manahan
HOW MOBILE WALLETS, PAYMENTS WEARABLES, TOKENIZATION FARED THE PAST YEAR, AND WHERE THEY STAND NOW Published: Jan 11 2018By: Dan Balaban
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE –_ AS THE DIGITAL PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM MOVES INTO 2018, IT IS DEALING WITH MANY OF THE SAME UNFULFILLED PROMISES, WORKS IN PROGRESS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS AS IN 2017.READ MORE »
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* Mobile wallets
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U.S. MERCHANT APPS SQUARE OFF AGAINST NFC ‘PAYS’ WALLETS: THE RETAILER PERSPECTIVE Published: Jan 2 2018By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE – _AS MORE U.S. MERCHANTS LAUNCH THEIR OWN PAYMENTS APPS, SOME SEEM POSITIONED TO OFFER SERIOUS COMPETITION TO APPLE PAY AND THE OTHER NFC “PAYS” WALLETS.READ MORE »
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BACKERS LOOK TO RANGE OF DEVICES FOR CONTEXTUAL COMMERCE, THOUGH FRAGMENTATION WILL POSE CHALLENGES Published: Dec 1 2017By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT –_ PROMOTERS OF CONTEXTUAL COMMERCE ARE LOOKING TO A RANGE OF CONNECTED DEVICES, INCLUDING SMART APPLIANCES AND SUCH HOME HUBS AS ALEXA–ALONG WITH A HOST OF MOBILE DEVICES–TO ENABLE CONSUMERS TO PAY IN ALMOST EVERY CONTEXT. BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN FOR WHAT COULD BECOME A “VERY DISJOINTED” ARRAY OF PAYMENT OPTIONS, EXPERTS SAY.READ MORE »
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_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _AS RETAILERS AND PAYMENTS SERVICES PROVIDERS INCREASINGLY TRY TO CONNECT AND TRACK CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS ACROSS ONLINE AND IN-STORE CHANNELS, MOBILE PAYMENTS MUST FUNCTION AS PART OF AN OMNICHANNEL PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM, SAY INDUSTRY OBSERVERS.READ MORE »
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* Gerardo Capiel
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* Omnichannel payments* Square
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IOT PAYMENTS BACKERS SAY DEVICES WILL RANGE FROM THE FAMILIAR TO THEFAR-FETCHED
Published: Nov 1 2017By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _WITH THE BUZZ AROUND THE INTERNET OF THINGS GROWING EVER STRONGER, THE PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM IS DETERMINED NOTTO BE LEFT OUT.
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* Kiki Del Valle
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INSIGHT: APPLE PAY LAUNCH OF VIRTUAL CLOSED-LOOP VIRTUAL CLIPPER CARD FOLLOWS EMERGING TREND Published: Apr 18 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _ALTHOUGH THE TREND FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES TO SUPPORT OPEN-LOOP FARE PAYMENTS, INCLUDING WITH APPLE PAY, GOOGLE PAY AND OTHER PAYS WALLETS, HAS CONTINUED UNABATED–EVEN ACCELERATED–DURING THE PANDEMIC, ANOTHER TREND IS TAKING SHAPE: THAT OF AGENCIES ADDING VIRTUAL VERSIONS OF THEIR CLOSED-LOOP FARE CARDS INTO THE PAYS WALLETS.READ MORE »
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FIRST TRANSIT AGENCY TO SELL TICKETS THROUGH UBER APP SEES RELATIVELY FEW TAKERS TWO YEARS ON Published: Apr 12 2021 Updated: Apr 21 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT –_ THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF DENVER WAS THE FIRST TRANSIT AGENCY TO WORK WITH UBER TO SELL ITS BUS AND LIGHT RAIL TICKETS THROUGH THE UBER APP IN THE SPRING OF 2019. RTD LATER THAT YEAR EXPANDED THE SERVICE TO TRIP-PLANNING APP TRANSIT AND THEN LAST FALL TO THE APP FOR ANOTHER RIDE-HAILINGSERVICE, LYFT.
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SYDNEY TO TEST MULTIMODAL PAYMENTS INVOLVING PRIVATE MOBILITY PROVIDERS USING DIGITAL CLOSED-LOOP CARD Published: Apr 1 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _A TRIAL TO BE HELD LATER THIS YEAR IN AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST CITY, SYDNEY, IF IT PROVES SUCCESSFUL, COULD OFFER ONE EXAMPLE FOR HOW AGENCIES CAN ENCOURAGE CUSTOMERS TO TAKE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT COMBINING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPERATORS. THE ECONOMICS BEHIND THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT’S TRIAL OFFER AREUNCLEAR, HOWEVER.
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* Opal card
* Transport for New South Wales ROME TRANSIT OPERATOR: COVID ACCELERATES DEMAND FOR CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS BUT CUSTOMER HABITS HARD TO CHANGE Published: Mar 29 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _THE CIO OF ITALY’S LARGEST PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATOR, ATAC SPA, SAID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS ACCELERATED DEMAND FOR OPEN-LOOP CONTACTLESS AND MOBILE PAYMENTS, BUT ADDED THAT OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK FOR CUSTOMERS AND USE OF CASH AND PAPER TICKETS ARE STILL POPULAR.READ MORE »
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* ATM
* Milan
* Open-loop payments* Rome
* SIA
* Vix Technology
DUBAI TRANSIT AUTHORITY PLANS TO LAUNCH ITS CLOSED-LOOP CARD IN MORENFC WALLETS
Published: Mar 25 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _DUBAI’S ROADS AND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, OR RTA, WHICH IN DECEMBER FIRST LAUNCHED MOBILE FARE PAYMENTS WITH A DIGITAL VERSION OF ITS CLOSED-LOOP CARD IN HUAWEI SMARTPHONES, SAYS IT PLANS TO EXPAND THE SERVICE TO OTHER OEMS, INCLUDING APPLE AND SAMSUNG.READ MORE »
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* Closed-loop transit payments * Dubai Roads and Transport Authority CASE STUDY: TRANSIT AGENCY IN PORTUGAL COMBINED NFC WITH BLE FOR MOBILE TICKETING; FACED CHALLENGES Published: Mar 22 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _THE AGENCY THAT RUNS TICKETING FOR 19 PUBLIC BUS, TRAM AND TRAIN OPERATORS SERVING PORTO, PORTUGAL’S SECOND LARGEST CITY, SAYS IT HAS HAD SUCCESS–AND FACED SEVERAL CHALLENGES–WITH THE ROLLOUT OF ITS ANDA MOBILE-TICKETING APP.READ MORE »
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* Littlepay
* Mobile Ticketing
* Porto
OMNY HITS NEW USAGE MILESTONE AS OPEN-LOOP PAYMENTS ROLLOUT CONTINUES Published: Mar 17 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _NEW YORK’S METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, OR MTA, SAYS IT CONTINUES TO SEE STEADY GROWTH OF ITS OPEN-LOOP FARE PAYMENTS SERVICE, OMNY, ANNOUNCING 50 MILLION TAPS BY CUSTOMERS USING NFC WALLETS AND BANK CARDS TO RIDE THE MASSIVE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY AND THE CITY’S BUSES.READ MORE »
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* Metropolitan Transportation Authority* MTA
* OMNY
* Open-loop payments IN-DEPTH: CONTACTLESS OPEN-LOOP PILOT IN SPAIN FIRST PROJECT FROMVENDOR PARTNERSHIP
Published: Mar 10 2021 Updated: Mar 11 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _Bilbobus, which operates bus service for the city of Bilbao, in northern Spain’s Basque region, says it launched its recent trial of conREAD MORE »
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* Cubic Transportation Systems* Littlepay
* Masabi
* NEORide
* RTD Denver
MOSCOW METRO PLANS ROLLOUT OF ‘FACE PAY’ TECHNOLOGY FOR FARECOLLECTION
Published: Mar 4 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _THE MOSCOW METRO PLANS TO ROLL OUT FACIAL-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AT EVERY STATION BY THE END OF 2021 TO ENABLE CUSTOMERS TO PAY FARES, OFFICIALS SAY. THE PROJECT, WHILE DELAYED, WOULD BE THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND GLOBALLY.READ MORE »
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* Biometric fare payments * Facial Recognition* Moscow Metro
* Troika
STOCKHOLM TRANSIT AGENCY LAUNCHES OPEN-LOOP FARE PAYMENTS FORMULTIMODAL RIDES
Published: Feb 28 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _STOCKHOLM PUBLIC TRANSPORT, OR SL, THE CITY-OWNED COMPANY THAT OVERSEES MAJOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE CITY, IS THE LATEST AGENCY IN EUROPE TO LAUNCH OPEN-LOOP FARE COLLECTION, OFFERING MULTIMODAL RIDES WITH A TAP OF A CONTACTLESS EMV BANK CARD OR NFC DEVICE.READ MORE »
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* Open-loop payments * Stockholm Public Transport CASE STUDY: AMSTERDAM TRANSIT OPERATOR SEEKS TO GO NEARLY 100% DIGITAL FOR TICKETING TO CUT COSTS AND ENHANCE SERVICE Published: Feb 23 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _GVB, AMSTERDAM’S LARGEST PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATOR, SAYS IT SEEKS TO REPLACE AN AGING CLOSED-LOOP FARE CARD SYSTEM AND GO TO OPEN-LOOP AND OTHER DIGITAL TOKENS WITH THE PLANNED ROLLOUT OF ITS NEW ACCOUNT-BASED TICKETING SYSTEM.READ MORE »
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* Amsterdam
* Mobile Ticketing
* Open-loop payments* OV-chipkaart
* Transport Ticketing Digital GOOGLE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO ENABLE PUBLIC TRANSIT TICKETING IN MAPS APP ALONG WITH ROLLOUT OF PARKING FARE PAYMENTS Published: Feb 18 2021 _NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _GOOGLE HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LAUNCH PUBLIC TRANSIT TICKETING FOR MORE THAN 80 CITIES GLOBALLY IN COMING WEEKS FROM ITS TRIP-PLANNING MAPS APP AND ALSO TO ENABLE USERS TO BUY VIRTUAL CLOSED-LOOP FARE CARDS–STARTING WITH THE CLIPPER CARD IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA–DIRECTLY FROM THE APP. THAT’S IN ADDITION TO ENABLING PAYMENTS FOR PARKING IN MORE THAN 400 U.S.CITIES.
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The 40-person trial among staffers and some customers puts aMasterCar
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Apple is launching its mobile-payments platform, Apple Pay, Oct.TAIWAN
Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom First to Market with NFC Launch, but... Chunghwa Telecom’s NFC-enabled Easy Hami Wallet enables users to tap to pay with MasterCard PayPass credit cards issued by four ofthe...
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UPDATE: Spain: Bankinter Launches HCE Service, Predicts 30,000 Usersin...
Mid-tier Spanish bank Bankinter finally launched its cloud-based payments using its own host-card emulation-based system, which it...SWITZERLAND
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Switzerland’s other two major telcos, Orange and Sunrise, are expected to launch theGERMANY
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IN-DEPTH: AS COVID-19 CAUSES TRANSIT RIDERSHIP TO PLUMMET, THIRD-PARTY MOBILE-TICKETING VENDORS HOPE TO HELP BRING RIDERS BACK Published: May 18 2020By: Dan Balaban
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _AS THE COVID-19 CRISIS SOWS FEAR AMONG MASS TRANSIT CUSTOMERS AND CAUSES RIDERSHIP ON BUSES, TRAINS AND TRAMS TO CRASH, THERE IS HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN MOBILE TICKETING AND OTHER ELECTRONIC FARE PAYMENTS AS A WAY TO EASE THE CONCERNS AND HELP COAX WARY RIDERS TO RETURN.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* Covid-19
* Cubic Transportation Systems* Delerrok
* Fare-payments-as-a-service* Masabi
* Metropolitan Transportation Authority * Mobility-as-a-Service* RTD
ANALYSIS: APPLE CHIPS AWAY AT FORTRESS EUROPE WITH ANOTHER MAJOR BANK PLANNING TO JOIN APPLE PAY Published: Apr 24 2019By: Dan Balaban
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _WITH SWITZERLAND’S NO. 2 BANK, CREDIT SUISSE, EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN APPLE PAY, THE U.S.-BASED TECH GIANT CONTINUES TO CHIP AWAY AT RESISTANCE AMONG MAJOR EUROPEAN BANKS TO JOINING ITS DIGITAL PAYMENTS SERVICE.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* Apple Pay
* Australia
* Caisse d'Epargne
* Commonwealth Bank
* Credit Suisse
* Europe
* SwatchPAY!
* Switzerland
* UBS
U.S. FOOTBALL SEES NFC-ENABLED E-TICKETS AS WAY TO CUT FRAUD, MARKETTO FANS
Published: Aug 15 2018By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _WITH THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE KICKING OFF ITS SEASON IN A FEW WEEKS IN THE U.S., FANS WILL BE USING NFC, QR CODES AND PERHAPS ULTRASONIC SIGNALS ON THEIR MOBILE DEVICES, IN ADDITION TO TAPPING CONTACTLESS-ENABLED PAPER TICKETS, TO ATTEND FOOTBALL GAMES AND OTHER EVENTS AT ALL 31 NFL STADIUMS.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* Event ticketing
* Major League Baseball * National Football League* NFC ticketing
IN-DEPTH: AS U.S. LAGS IN CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS, ARE ISSUERS READY TO ROLL OUT DUAL-INTERFACE EMV CARDS? Published: Jul 30 2018By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _MOST ISSUERS IN THE U.S. HAVE SO FAR HELD BACK FROM ROLLING OUT CONTACTLESS OR DUAL-INTERFACE CARDS, BUT MERCHANT ACCEPTANCE HAS BEEN QUIETLY BUILDING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, DESPITE SOME LARGE U.S. RETAILERS BALKING AT ACCEPTING CONTACTLESS CARDS AND NFC-ENABLED DEVICES.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* Contactless cards
* Contactless payments * Smart Technology Alliance* Target
* Walmart
IN-DEPTH: CAN CONTACTLESS CARDS SUCCEED IN U.S. WHERE NFC MOBILE WALLETS HAVE FAILED? Published: Jun 19 2018By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT –_ PAYMENTS INDUSTRY BACKERS SUGGEST THAT U.S. BANKS COULD HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO BEGIN CONTACTLESS ROLLOUTS SOON, BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF DEADLINES FROM THE MAJOR PAYMENTS NETWORKS, WHICH ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING IN OTHER MARKETS, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF ROLLOUTS IN THE U.S. ON THE HORIZON.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* Contactless payments* Dual-interface
* Jamie Topolski. TJ Considine* Oliver Manahan
HOW MOBILE WALLETS, PAYMENTS WEARABLES, TOKENIZATION FARED THE PAST YEAR, AND WHERE THEY STAND NOW Published: Jan 11 2018By: Dan Balaban
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE –_ AS THE DIGITAL PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM MOVES INTO 2018, IT IS DEALING WITH MANY OF THE SAME UNFULFILLED PROMISES, WORKS IN PROGRESS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS AS IN 2017.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* Apple Pay
* Mobile wallets
* Payments wearables* Pays Wallets
* Tokenization
U.S. MERCHANT APPS SQUARE OFF AGAINST NFC ‘PAYS’ WALLETS: THE RETAILER PERSPECTIVE Published: Jan 2 2018By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE – _AS MORE U.S. MERCHANTS LAUNCH THEIR OWN PAYMENTS APPS, SOME SEEM POSITIONED TO OFFER SERIOUS COMPETITION TO APPLE PAY AND THE OTHER NFC “PAYS” WALLETS.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* CVS Pay
* MAG
* Mark Horwedel
* Merchant Advisory Group* Starbucks
* Target
* Target Wallet
* Wal-Mart Stores
* Walmart Pay
BACKERS LOOK TO RANGE OF DEVICES FOR CONTEXTUAL COMMERCE, THOUGH FRAGMENTATION WILL POSE CHALLENGES Published: Dec 1 2017By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT –_ PROMOTERS OF CONTEXTUAL COMMERCE ARE LOOKING TO A RANGE OF CONNECTED DEVICES, INCLUDING SMART APPLIANCES AND SUCH HOME HUBS AS ALEXA–ALONG WITH A HOST OF MOBILE DEVICES–TO ENABLE CONSUMERS TO PAY IN ALMOST EVERY CONTEXT. BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN FOR WHAT COULD BECOME A “VERY DISJOINTED” ARRAY OF PAYMENT OPTIONS, EXPERTS SAY.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* Amazon Pay
* Contextual commerce* GPShopper
By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _AS RETAILERS AND PAYMENTS SERVICES PROVIDERS INCREASINGLY TRY TO CONNECT AND TRACK CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS ACROSS ONLINE AND IN-STORE CHANNELS, MOBILE PAYMENTS MUST FUNCTION AS PART OF AN OMNICHANNEL PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM, SAY INDUSTRY OBSERVERS.READ MORE »
TAGS:
* Adyen
* Gerardo Capiel
* Mary Kay Bowman
* Omnichannel
* Omnichannel payments* Square
* WorldPay
IOT PAYMENTS BACKERS SAY DEVICES WILL RANGE FROM THE FAMILIAR TO THEFAR-FETCHED
Published: Nov 1 2017By: K.N. Smith
_NFC TIMES EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT – _WITH THE BUZZ AROUND THE INTERNET OF THINGS GROWING EVER STRONGER, THE PAYMENTS ECOSYSTEM IS DETERMINED NOTTO BE LEFT OUT.
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TAGS:
* Internet of Things* IoT
* Kiki Del Valle
* Payments wearables* Robin Raskin
* Suzan Denoncourt
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