Transit Windsor is planning to implement a contactless fare collection system for the upcoming fall, according to the Windsor Star. New contactless readers will be installed in all buses operating in the city, allowing riders to pay via photo ID smart card. According to Penny Williams, general manager for Transit Windsor, the new passes will […]

O2, a European mobile operator and subsidiary of Telefonica, has announced its strategy to launch contactless mobile payment, according to mobilebusinessbriefing.com. In 2008, O2 collaborated with Visa, Barclays and Transport for London to pilot London’s Oyster travel cards on Nokia smart handsets to kick off its O2 Wallet initiative. Then in 2009, O2 partnered with […]

Visa’s contactless payWave system has seen steady growth in Canada as more and more merchants implement the new payment technology. Paywave, which enables Canadians to make quick and secure transactions by simply tapping their card against a POS reader, is already in place at many popular Canadian establishments, including SUBWAY, Second Cup, The Jean Coutu […]

Select Twins fans will be given the opportunity to test out Target Field’s new contactless payment system, according to TMC. At each home game, ten lucky fans seated in the U.S. Bank Home Run Porch will receive a MasterCard PayPass fob, preloaded with $10 in credit redeemable at the stadium’s concession stands. The fob allows […]

Ottowa is looking to implement an all-in-one pre-paid smart card by 2012 that would enable residents to make contactless purchases at stores, pay for public transportation, borrow from the library and more, according to Top News. Ottowa’s College Councilor, Rick Chiarelli, says the card would also be able to function as a city gym membership […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has been awarded a $10 million contract to manage and operate the SmarTrip Regional Customer Service Center (RCSC) for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in D.C. SmarTrip is WMATA’s smart card-based fare collection system, designed and integrated by Cubic more than 10 years ago. Cubic’s services for the RCSC will […]

The United Arab Emirates is experiencing a delay in its commercial launch of NFC mobile payment due to a lack of phones, readers and SIM cards, according to Emirates Business 24/7. The shortage has put on hold two major deployments – one involving Dubai First Bank and Telecom service provider Du; the other involving etisalat, […]

InterContinental Hotels Group is planning to pilot a new technology that allows guests to unlock their hotel-room door via smart phone, according to USA Today. IHG executive Bryson Koehler says the new system will let users skip the check-in desk and avoid the burden of carrying around another item, instead being able to use their […]

Mastercard’s PayPass contactless payment system is set to arrive in Azerbaijan and Russia, according abc.az.com. The executive director of The Milli Kart processing company in Azerbaijan says company has begun preparations for PayPass, but is still in the process of determining the cost for chips, readers and other services. Meanwhile, Ekspobank and Sberbank of Russia […]

MasterCard and Gemalto have announced a new pilot featuring an NFC-enabled device that can be inserted into a mobile phone to turn it into payment device. The wafer-thin device, which leverages Gemalto’s Upteq N-Flex Solution and MasterCard’s PayPass, is the first of its kind to function on multiple mobile handsets, which Gemalto says will help […]