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14 Jun, 2013King County Metro discontinues paper tickets in favor of ORCA card
The King County Metro transit authority in Washington is eliminating its paper ticket books to encourage more riders to participate in the region’s smart transit card program: ORCA (One Regional Card for All). According to tukwilareport.com, paper ticket books will longer be sold after June 30. Metro estimates this will save about $80,000 a year [...]
12 Jun, 2013Malaysia transit rolling out smart cards
The PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PMB), one of the largest listed toll expressway operators in Southeast Asia, is phasing outs its paper transit ticketing system and will instead issue a new reusable smart transit card for travelers of the North-South Express (NSE) and ELITE highway. According to mysinchew.com, the smart card-based system is one of the PLUS’ latest [...]
11 Jun, 2013Cubic achieves PCI-DSS certification, provides transit operators with one less step
Cubic Transportation Systems has achieved PCI-DSS certification for the latest version of its Cubic Payment Application (CPA 3.0), for transit operators to validate security for credit and debit card data. Merchants accepting credit and debit cards are required by their acquiring banks to comply with PCI DSS. This announcement recognizes that CPA 3.0 has been [...]
11 Jun, 2013Barclaycard disputes concerns over contactless security
Barclaycard spoke out against the recent claims of fraud and phantom charges associated with using of contactless payment technology, according to thisismoney.co.uk. According to a recently published article by the Telegraph, millions of people who use contactless cards could be at risk of having their details stolen by a remote device, such as a mobile [...]
07 Jun, 2013Gemalto elected for national eID card program in South Africa
Gemalto announced it will supply Government Printing Works (GPW) with the Sealys electronic smart card-based identification solution for a national identity program in South Africa. GPW will leverage Gemalto’s secure embedded software to protect the holder’s image and biometric data within the secure identity e-document. Moreover, GPW selected the Sealys document fitted with the contactless [...]
06 Jun, 2013MasterCard gears up to deploy 410,000 PayPass terminals in Japan
Setting the stage to advance consumer adoption of contactless payment technology, MasterCard announced it will deploy a target of 410,000 MasterCard PayPass-enabled point of sale (POS) terminals throughout Japan. Over the next three years, the 410,000 MasterCard contactless terminals will be deployed by domestic card companies including Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Orient Corporation [...]
04 Jun, 2013Sydney extends Opal smart transit card to trains
The New South Wales (NSW) Government and the Department of Transport (TfNSW) announced it is extending customer trials for the new Opal smart card system for public transport, according to Government News. Smart card readers are now being launched at rail stations along Sydney’s City Circle line as well as Bondi Junction. With these stations [...]
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