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Outdoor NFC Campaign Promotes Australian Launch of Zero Dark Thirty Australia Vizeum, for Icon Films (Promotion of film) N/A
Philippines: Nokia Modifies 6131 To Handle SIM-Based Payment for Trial Manila Bank de Oro (MasterCard PayPass) Smart Communications
Poland: Bank Trials iPhone Attachment with Visa payWave Warsaw Bre Bank (mBank and MultiBank retail brands) (Visa payWave) N/A
Poland: Orange Launches NFC Trial with Bank Poland Bank Zachodni WBK PTK Centertel (Orange Poland)
Poland: Orange Operator First to Announce NFC Commercial Launch Poland BRE Bank (Orange Cash-MasterCard PayPass) Orange Poland
Poland: PayWave Issuer to Launch NFC-Payment Trial Warsaw, Wroclaw and Poznan Bank Zachodni WBK (Visa payWave) Polkomtel
Poland: T-Mobile to Roll Out NFC With Multiple Banks Poland
Raifeissen Polbank, (formerly Polbank EFG) (MasterCard PayPass)
mBank (BRE Bank) ( MasterCard PayPass)
Getin Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
Noble Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
Citibank (expected, MasterCard PayPass)
Millennium bank (expected, MasterCard PayPass )
T-Mobile Poland (PTC)
Poland: Telco and Bank Beat Rivals to Launch Country’s First NFC Trial Warsaw Inteligo (MasterCard PayPass) PTC
Poland: Telco and Bank Launch Cobranded Sticker Poland Polbank EFG (MasterCard PayPass) PTC
Portugal: Three Telcos Test Mobile Ticketing in Lisbon Lisbon Metro de Lisboa (transit fare payment)
TMN
Vodafone
Optimus
Qatar: Bank and Telco Trial PayPass, with Plans for Expansion Doha Qatar National Bank (MasterCard PayPass) Qtel
Romania: Dutch Bank Tests Prepaid Payment Bucharest ING (MasterCard PayPass) Various
Russia: Airport Shuttle Service and Mobile Operators Trial NFC Ticketing Moscow Aeroexpress (airport shuttle tickets)
MegaFon
MTS
Vimpelcom
Russia: Bank Launches on Samsung Embedded Chips Following Delay Russia Russian Standard Bank (MasterCard PayPass) N/A
Russia: Issue to Launch Payment on Embedded Chips in NFC Phones Russia Tinkoff Credit Systems bank (MasterCard PayPass) N/A
Russia: Large Telco and Transit Operator Test SIMs with Flexible Antennas Moscow Moscow Metro (Mifare) MTS
Russia: St. Petersburg Metro to Trial Contactless-Mobile Ticketing St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg municipality (fare-collection)
Bank St. Petersburg (top-ups)
N/A
Russia: Telco and Oil Company to Launch Mobile Pay at the Pumps Perm Lukoil (payment application) MTS
Singapore: Citi's Tests payWave With Telco M1 Singapore Citibank (Visa payWave) M1
Singapore: First Trial Combining NFC and FeliCa Singapore EZ-Link (closed-loop transit and retail purse) StarHub
Singapore: SingTel Announces Plans for Launch NFC with Payment Service Provider EZ-Link Singapore EZ-Link (Prepaid card for retail payment) SingTel
Singapore: SingTel Trial Enables OTA Reloads of NETS Purse Singapore NETS (e-purse, mobile couponing) SingTel
Singapore: Telco M1 Launches NFC with Two Payment Services and Three Phones Singapore
EZ-Link (ez-link e-purse based on CEPAS)
M1 (Prepaid MasterCard PayPass, issued by E-Z Link)
M1
Singapore: Telco StarHub to Launch First of Government-Supervised NFC Projects Singapore
DBS bank (MasterCard PayPass)
EZ-Link (ez-link e-purse, retail payment and separate PayPass prepaid application)
StarHub
Singapore: Telco, Bank, Transit-Purse Operator Launch Flex-Antenna Trial Singapore
DBS Bank (MasterCard PayPass)
EZ-Link (ez-link)
StarHub

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Updated: U.S. Transit Agency Seeks to Reduce–Though Not Eliminate–Cash Acceptance with New Fare-Collection System

Updated: The Spokane Transit Authority in Washington state confirmed that its new fare-collection system will include contactless open-loop payments–with a beta test planned for next October, a spokesman told NFC Times' sister publication Mobility Payments.

UK Government Seeks to Bring London-Style Contactless Fare Payments System to Other Regions

The UK government’s plan to equip 700 rail stations over the next three years to accept contactless open-loop payments is a major initiative, as it seeks to replicate the success of London’s contactless pay-as-you go fare payments system elsewhere in the country–a goal that has proved elusive in the past.

More Cities in Finland Expected to Move to Open-Loop Fare Payments

A fourth city in Finland is beginning to roll out contactless open-loop payments, with “more in the pipeline,” according to one supplier on the project, making the Nordic country one of the latest hotspots for the technology.

Moscow Metro Expands Test of ‘Virtual Troika’ in Pays Wallets, as It Continues to Develop Digital-Payments Services

Moscow Metro is recruiting more users to test its “Virtual Troika” card in two NFC wallets, those supporting Google Pay and Samsung Pay, as one of the world’s largest subway operators continues to seek more ways for its customers to pay for rides.

Ohio Transit Agency Expects Significant Revenue Loss as it Builds Equity with Fare Capping

The Central Ohio Transit Authority, or COTA, officially launched its new digital-payments service Monday, including a fare-capping feature that the agency estimates will cost it $1.8 million per year in lost fare revenue, the agency confirmed to Mobility Payments.

Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

As more transit agencies introduce open-loop fare payments, interest is starting to grow in use of white-label EMV cards that agencies can issue in place of proprietary closed-loop cards for riders who don’t have bank cards or don’t want to use them to pay fares.

Swedish Transit Agency Launches Express Mode Feature for Apple Pay, though Most Ticketing Still with Barcode-Based App

Skånetrafiken, the transit agency serving one of Sweden’s largest counties, announced today it has expanded its contactless open-loop payments service to include the Express Mode feature for Apple Pay.

Major Bus Operators in Hong Kong Now Accepting Open-Loop Payments–Adding More Competition for Octopus

Two more bus operators in Hong Kong on Saturday launched acceptance of open-loop contactless fare payments, with both also accepting QR code-based mobile ticketing–as the near ubiquitous closed-loop Octopus card continues to see more competition.

Moscow Metro Launches Full Rollout of ‘Face Pay;’ Largest Biometric Payments Service of Its Kind

Touting it as the largest rollout of biometric payments in the world, Moscow Metro launched its high-profile “Face Pay” service Friday, as expected, and predicted that 10% to 15% would regularly us

Indonesian Capital Seeks to Expand to Multimodal Fare Collection and MaaS

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, whose metropolitan area is home to more than 30 million people, is notorious for its stifling traffic congestion. In response, the government metro and light-rail networks and now it is funding an expansion of the fare-collection system to enable more multimodal payments and to build a mobility-as-a-service platform.

Exclusive: NFC Wallets Grow as Share of Contactless Fare Payments and Not Only Because of Covid

Transit agencies that have rolled out open-loop contactless payments are seeing growing use of NFC wallets to pay fares, as Covid-wary passengers see convenience in tapping their phones or wearables to pay.