Marseilles, France has chosen ASK to supply contactess Transpass cards for the city’s public transit system. The new cards will be used on all the city’s transportation services, including Metro, tramway, bus, bikes, and sea shuttles, and within the 18 towns and cities of the Marseilles Provence Metropolis Urban Community (CUMPM). Transpasses are designed to […]

Bristol is trailing contactless payment on its local bus system, according to squidcard.com. Beginning in June, passengers will be able to use prepaid cards with credit limits of £50 to pay for fares on buses throughout the city. The Bristol Council has shelled out £20,000 for the pilot, which is expected to result in a […]

Credicard MasterCard holders in Rio de Janeiro can now use PayPass to pay for the Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain) lift, Supervia train stations, UCI cinemas, McDonald’s fast food restaurants and Estapar/Riopark parking lots, according to internetretailing.net. Additionally, riders of Rio’s metro system will soon be able to pay for fares contacltessly, and Redecard, the […]

French telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent announced that it will debut a new global hosting service for mobile operators looking to launch NFC-enabled person-to-person payment, remote ticketing, and mobile commerce services, according to mobile-financial.com. The NFC-based service could be a unifying factor in a highly-fragmented mobile payments market, analysts say. Read more here.   

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 schools throughout the UK are using fingerprint identification systems for various school related services including class registration, checking out library books and cashless payment for meals, according to a BBC News report. This has critics in an uproar. Parents are outraged that the schools are taking their children’s fingerprint […]

The Maryland Transit Administration is calling for volunteers to test out its new smart card fare system, according to The Baltimore Sun. The new tap and go CharmCard system, scheduled to roll out fall 2009, will be accepted on all local buses and the subway, as well as on Washington-area bus and rail services. The […]

Cubic’s San Diego County smart card transit system is experiencing a boost in rider participation, according to CNN Money. Nearly two-thirds of the county’s 90,000 active pass riders are now using contactless Compass Cards, which were introduced last May. The Compass card, a reloadable tap-and-go transit pass, will be delivered to the last of the […]

GlobalPlatform has announced the launch of a Trusted Service Manager (TSM) Working Group to support NFC payment systems. The group, created in response to market demand, will focus initially on specifying a standard language to facilitate communication between TSMs operating within the banking sector and mobile network operators (MNO). As independent trusted third parties, TSMs […]

Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou has announced the expansion of the country’s EasyCard payment system, according to focustaiwan.tw. Starting April 1, customers will be able to use their EasyCards to make contactless payments at participating stores nationwide. The cards, which were originally used to pay public transportation fares, feature a maximum storage value of $314.47 and […]

Telit Wireless Solutions unveiled that USA Technologies selected its GC864-QUAD module to enable cellular communication in the company’s ePort EDGE Cashless Payment System, which will make its debut at CTIA Wireless 2010. The ePort EDGE device enables unattended point-of-sale terminals such as vending machines, washers and dryers and self-service car wash stations to accept credit, […]