Mass Transit

Visa Says Adoption of Open-Loop Transit Payments Is at a Tipping Point Worldwide
Visa Says Adoption of Open-Loop Transit Payments Is at a Tipping Point Worldwide
March 17, 2023  |  Transportation

As transit systems move away from legacy payment methods like pay-as-you-go passes and toward contactless open-loop payments, it’s creating new commerce possibilities that not only...

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Visa Tap-to-Pay Hits 1 Billion Transit Transactions as Systems Get Moving Again
Visa Tap-to-Pay Hits 1 Billion Transit Transactions as Systems Get Moving Again
September 21, 2022  |  Payment Methods

As people slowly reacquaint themselves with public transportation after more than two years of cratering usage during the COVID-19 outbreak, we find a new behavior...

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Visa Says Riding Mass Transit Has Never Been Easier — but Tap to Ride Uptake Is Limited
Visa Says Riding Mass Transit Has Never Been Easier — but Tap to Ride Uptake...
July 12, 2022  |  Transportation

We’ve seen the disappearance of the subway tokens. The tickets — at the bus, on the trains and across mass transit in general — are...

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Germany’s FlixMobility Reports 37 Pct Boost In Transport App Users
Germany’s FlixMobility Reports 37 Pct Boost In Transport App Users
January 10, 2020  |  Ridesharing

FlixMobility, a German transport app, on Thursday reported a 37% increase in passenger travel in 2019. The company, with an app similar to Uber’s, partners...

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Visa: How Mass Transit Is Driving Contactless Payments’ Global Future
Visa: How Mass Transit Is Driving Contactless Payments’ Global Future
October 31, 2019  |  VISA

Seven years ago, when Visa first started working on bringing contactless payments to London’s Mass Transit system, the landscape for tap and go cards looked...

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Singapore Transit Rolls Out Visa On SimplyGo Contactless System
Singapore Transit Rolls Out Visa On SimplyGo Contactless System
June 06, 2019  |  VISA

The Land Transport Authority of Singapore now includes Visa cards in SimplyGo, its contactless payment system. According to a report in ZDNet, Visa said the...

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Closing In On Contactless Payments’ Tipping Point
Closing In On Contactless Payments’ Tipping Point
May 28, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Contactless payments have yet to achieve critical mass in the U.S., at only about 3 percent of transactions, according to NMI. Nick Starai, chief strategy...

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On Track With Contactless Mass Transit Payments
On Track With Contactless Mass Transit Payments
May 24, 2019  |  Today In Data

If they can make it there, can they make it anywhere? May 31 marks the launch of a contactless payments pilot with a joint effort...

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Retail Cozies Up To Mass Transit — Via Payments
Retail Cozies Up To Mass Transit — Via Payments
May 23, 2019  |  Retail

Mass transit sparks a range of emotions: resignation after just missing that last subway, frustration upon encountering that mysterious smell in that last car, and...

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