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Rail travel has been much in the news in the last few weeks in the UK, and it’s not been good. There are ongoing sporadic strikes at South Western Railways and Northern Rail. New timetables have ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Mobile Payments, Retail and Transit, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

Is HCE secure enough for transit ticketing?

26th June 2018 by Dr John Elliott

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Host Card Emulation (HCE) is the technology in mobile phones that enables them to emulate contactless smartcards, but more about that later. The above question about HCE security was posed by a ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Money, Payment Cards, Payment systems, Public Sector and NGOs, Retail and Transit, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

London taking contactless for half of PAYG

26th April 2018 by Dr John Elliott

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Four years ago Consult Hyperion completed a transit project which changed not only the way people paid for their travel, but cemented contactless in the vocabulary of the masses. We were ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Mobile Payments, Retail and Transit, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

Tickets via Mobile or TVM?—you decide

18th January 2018 by Dr John Elliott

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I often travel from Edinburgh to Leeds by train -- pretty much every week in fact. I use the Trainline app (other apps are available) to search for train times. All sensible options I might care ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Identity, Inclusion, Payments, Transit and Travel

Our live five for 2018

18th December 2017 by Dave Birch

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It’s that time of year again. I’ve had a chat with my colleagues at Consult Hyperion, gone back over my notes from the year’s events, taken a look at our most interesting projects around the ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Payment Cards, Political, legal and regulatory, Public Sector and NGO, Public Sector and NGOs, Retail and Transit, Telecoms and Technology, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

Crossing continents for knowledge sharing

13th November 2017 by Dr John Elliott

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Chyp believes that collaboration and knowledge sharing across markets can help the advancement of the industry and this is particularly true in transport ticketing. For example, we have found ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Cash and cash replacement, Money, Payments, Retail and Transit, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

Paying for Transit

16th October 2017 by Dr John Elliott

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I recently presented at the Transport Card Forum 2017 in Birmingham. The subject I was asked to speak about was "How will ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Identity, Inclusion, Payments, Transit and Travel

Does it matter if people tap their phones or not?

24th April 2017 by Dave Birch

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How are mobile payments getting on in the UK? According to the most recent figures from Transport for London, mobile phones now account for about 8% of their contactless transactions, so ... [Continue reading]

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