As one of her last actions in office, newly resigned Public Transport Minister Lynne Kosky has announced that Victorians will be able to get free myki cards online until Jan. 31, according to Berwick News. So far, over 160,000 cards have been ordered, according to Kosky. After January 31, myki cards will $10 for full […]

Dubai will play host to the inaugural Mobile Money Middle East 2010, a conference aimed at creating GTM mobile money strategies for developing markets. Attendees will include telecommunication, banking and regulatory experts from organizations including Etisalat, Barclays Bank, du, Bahrain Islamic Bank, Mashreq Bank, Zain, National Bank of Cambodia and Dubai Islamic Bank. Topics that […]

New Yorkers could be using E-ZPass style smart cards at turnstiles within the next two years, according to gothamist.com. At an exit interview, outgoing MTA CEO Elliot Sander promised commuters new card or key fob style passes that would be read by sensors installed at turnstiles throughout the city. Unlike the current MetroCards, which must […]

India has issued more than 10 million smart cards to families below the poverty line, according to iGovernment.com. The project, started in April 2008, is designed to cover the cost of health care for poor families of five persons up to a cost of $660. Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge boasts the project […]

The earthquake in Haiti last week has spurred conscientious mobile users to donate in droves, according to digitaltransactions.net. As of Monday morning, more than 2 million donors had given $21 million in $10 increments to the American Red Cross’s Haitian earthquake-relief effort through mobile payment. According to Digital Transactions, the disaster has revealed mobile payment […]

In an effort to conserve water, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched a smart card-based water tanker-filling system in two filling stations in the city, according to indianexpress.com. The system, installed in the Yerwada and Chatuhshringi stations, enables tanker drivers and contractors to use pre-paid cards to automatically receive the exact amount of alloted […]

Dubliners will have to wait until the end of next year before smart cards are available for use on buses, the Luas and trains, according to The Irish Independent. Transit authorities first promised the city smart cards nearly a decade before, and cumulative cost of delays has reached a staggering €55 million. The integrated ticketing […]

The San Diego Association of Governments has fixed the city’s buggy smart card transit system, according to Sign On San Diego. The system, which cost $40 million and boasts 35,000 users, had been plagued by chronic glitches that kept transit authorities from completing a full city-wide roll out. The Metropolitan Transit System, which operates the […]

2010 will be the key year in deciding whether mobile Internet or NFC-based applications will emerge as the preferred form of mobile contactless payment, according to a report on FierceFinanceIT. Although leading global mobile network operators, banks, retailers, transport operators and others are expected to finalize their NFC business plans in the next year–according to […]

Next month Ho Chi Minh City will begin implementing smart card bus faring for all buses traveling between Ben Thanh Market to Binh Tay Market, according to Viet Nam News. The smart cards will be available to passengers for VND30,000. Passengers can re-up their cards for 30 rides (VND69,000) or 60 rides (VND90,000). Students will […]