Contact-free public transport (Part 1)
This is the first of three blogs about technologies to support contact-free use of public transport. I heard on the radio that, despite ministers encouraging people in England back to work in their...
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This is the second of three blogs about technologies to support contact-free use of public transport. Public transport operators have been making great efforts to make public transport safe during the...
View ArticleContact-free public transport (Part 3)
This is the third of three blogs about technologies to support contact-free use of public transport. The radio again – I hear that the Transport Minister for England had just reported that there have...
View ArticleHow the past (ticketing technology) can still be relevant in the future.
Last week, I attended the excellent Transport Ticketing Digital Summit which focused on advances in fare collection and Mobility as a Service (MaaS). In a conference looking at the future of fare...
View ArticleSo, you want to be a card issuer?
Card issuing seems to be hot right now. Despite the rise of alternatives to card payments, many Fintech’s appear intent on adding payment cards to their product portfolios. And it is not just the “me...
View ArticleQR – codes the comeback (they never really went away)
Our most recent webinar was on the topic of QR Codes. As the discussion showed over the past year, driven by the pandemic, businesses have started to realise that QR codes can be used to transform the...
View ArticleWill 2022 start to drive the future of Interoperability and Inclusion?
Our overriding theme of this year’s Live5 is interoperability which will lead to inclusion. Whether this is in payments or transit, identity or as a generalised trend what we’re seeing is a collapsing...
View ArticleNew Features Greet Riders As They Return to Transit
Everyone seems to think that MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) is a brand-new business model, when in fact, Transit Agencies have been providing mobility as a service for years, just without the hyphens....
View ArticleWhat Exactly Is A Smart Wallet?
A wallet is a way of organising things. My Apple Wallet, just like my real wallet, doesn’t have any cash in it. It has credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, vaccination records, boarding passes,...
View ArticleDo I need to upgrade my Fare Collection system to support CBDC?
This week, a press release from China announced they had expanded acceptance of the digital Yuan onto public transport in 12 cities. China has led the way in the development of a Central Bank Digital...
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