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Does it matter if people tap their phones or not?

24th April 2017 by Dave Birch

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]

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

Dominating the city centres in the next five years

3rd April 2017 by Dr John Elliott

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On 25 January 2017, I moderated a panel discussion at Transport Ticketing Global 2017 entitled "which public transport technology solution will be dominating city centres in the next five ... [Continue reading]

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

Our live five for 2017

19th December 2016 by Dave Birch

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It’s that time of year again. No matter how much I complain that silly lists of what will be big in the New Year are trivial and superficial and not really representative of a more detailed ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Banking and Finance, Cash and cash replacement, Chyp events and notices, Finance and Banking, Money, Payment Cards, Payments, Public Sector and NGO, Public Sector and NGOs, Retail and Transit, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

Account-based ticketing workshops

18th December 2016 by Dr John Elliott

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We've been having a lot of fun in recent months leading workshops for transport operators about account-based ticketing. Sharing our recent experience with clients such as the UK's Transport for ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Banking and Finance, Mobile Payments, Payment Cards, Payments, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

ODA is a good thing, and not only for transit operators (are you listening USA?)

22nd August 2016 by Simon Laker

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Following the success of Transport for London’s (TfL) Contactless Payments program, a project Consult Hyperion have contributed to since 2008, transportation agencies around the world are ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Public Sector and NGO, Retail and Transit, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

‘Secure enough’ mobile ticketing

29th June 2016 by Dr John Elliott

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We've been working with ITSO on how to implement 'ITSO with HCE' since January 2015. In January 2016 we presented at Transport Ticketing in London about the work that we had done to date and this ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Inclusion, Mobile Payments, Payments, Public Sector and NGO, Retail and Transit, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

Beacons in Transit

24th June 2016 by Dr John Elliott

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You've probable heard about Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons being used to help the visually impared navigate on their own around public transport systems. This has been trialled in [Continue reading]

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

Contactless bank cards not safe

28th April 2016 by Dr John Elliott

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According to Katie Morley from the Telegraph:

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Filed Under: Cash and cash replacement, Identification and Authentication, Money, Money, Payment systems, Payments, Public Sector and NGO, Public Sector and NGOs, Retail and Transit, Ticketing, Transit and Travel

Open-loop payment in transit

17th March 2016 by Dr John Elliott

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In my previous blog, I talked about the trends in smart ticketing systems leading to account-centric and open-loop payments which I want to consider in more detail in this ... [Continue reading]

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

Trends in smart ticketing

17th March 2016 by Dr John Elliott

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I’ve been thinking a lot about smart ticketing system trends in recent months. It is a subject of interest to a lot of our clients.

Card-centric ‘Closed-loop’ Systems

At the ... [Continue reading]

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