UK-regional bus group Bluestar has launched a new transit card for discounted weekly and monthly travel on its network, according to Southern Daily Echo. The new card enables cashless fare for any service on the Bluestar Network in Southampton, Eastleigh and Winchester. It also supports travel on Wilts & Dorset buses and Southern Vectis on […]

As some may recall back in June 2010, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York launched tap-and-go contactless payments for commuters to enter select subway stations and participating bus lines using MasterCard PayPass-enabled terminals. Well, the results are in. According to Fast Company, the pilot comprised of 26 MTA subway stations and eight bus […]

StarChip and CEA-Leti have inked a partnership agreement to develop a contactless front end for smart card applications. The partnership includes technology and know-how transfer to StarChip. With this combined experience in secure integrated circuit development and contactless technology, StarChip will roll out state-of-the-art smart card products to enable applications in transport, banking and identity. […]

Oberthur Technologies partnered with Ingecom to integrate a high-frequency chip and antenna into a SIM card, enabling mobile phone users to communicate with a receiver located up to 15-meters away. While Near Field Communications (NFC) technology enables transactions over a few centimeters, this “AirSIM” prototype enables for “wide field” communications over a much greater distance, […]

The Paris Metro’s 2013 Navigo transit card may come with a new feature that enables users to top up their card accounts via mobile phone, according to the Verge. STIF, the organization that runs the Paris Metro, is looking to add NFC functionality to the next-generation Navigo card that would enable commuters to add credit […]

Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Ill., is piloting a program that can track students on school buses. The goal is to increase safety while determining more efficient bus routes. The school rolled out the program in late January that provides each student with a card that the student uses as he enters or exits a school […]

The Peninsula Taxi Association (PTA) in South Africa has launched a electronic fare collection system, granting commuters cashless fare and discounts when using the newly developed contactless-enabled transit card, according to The Cape Times. Together with DigiCore and Absa Bank, the PTA has installed the EMV compliant system – dubbed Tap-I-Fare – into more than […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that its MIFARE DESFire EV1 platform has been selected to manage the automated fare collection of the newly opened metro in the Indian city of Bengaluru, formally known as Bangalore. The Namma Metro – the third metro to be opened in India after the Kolkata and the Delhi Metros – will be […]