RMV & Cubic
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), one of Europe’s largest transport associations, has sold five million tickets through its Cubic-developed mobile ticketing app.
Oyster Card Award
Cubic Transportation Systems and TfL (Transport for London) have been awarded Best Bank-Card Ticketing Scheme at the 2015 Transport Ticketing Awards on January 27.
Citi ThankYou Offers Cardmembers a New Lineup of Experiences
Citi unveiled a series of music, sports, dining, comedy, theater and family experiences exclusively for Citi ThankYou cardmembers. As part of the new entertainment benefits of Citi ThankYou, Citi designed this special events lineup based on the interests of ThankYou cardmembers. Ranging from youth sports clinics to intimate culinary events, comedy shows and VIP concert access, these experiences are another example of how Citi is delivering more access to entertainment. Tickets to each special event can only be purchased with a Citi ThankYou card. The Citi ThankYou Preferred card now offers twice as many ThankYou Points for each dollar spent on both dining out and entertainment at no annual fee. ThankYou Points can be redeemed for a wide variety of rewards on thankyou.com like electronics and digital music downloads, and concert tickets on LiveNation.com. In addition, the Citi Private Pass entertainment access program offers Citi credit and Citibank debit card customers access to thousands of events including preferred seating, early access, VIP experiences, complimentary tickets and more.
Cubic Payment Application Software Achieves PCI-DSS Certification
Cubic Transportation Systems payment and information technology and services for intelligent travel solutions, announced that the latest version of their Cubic Payment Application (CPA 3.0) has been successfully “Validated According to PA-DSS v2.0” by the PCI Security Standards Council, and is listed as “Acceptable for New Deployments” on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) website. CPA 3.0 is architected to provide optimum performance for securely processing legacy closed-loop payments (such as agency issued transit smartcards) as well as emerging forms of payment including open-loop (bank-issued contactless cards), mobile and EMV payments.
Popular Community Bank Launches m-Check Deposit
Popular Community Bank announced the availability of its new Popular Mobile Check Deposits service that enables easy 3 Step, anytime/anywhere deposits of checks up to $1,500 using iPhone or Android.* To deposit a check a customer with the Mobile app only has to: 1) Access the app and start a new deposit; 2) Take a…
Chicago Open Standards Fare System Inks Cubic Contract
Cubic Transportation Systems has been selected for contract award by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to integrate, deliver, operate and maintain the agency’s next-generation open payments system that will accept bank cards and, ultimately, mobile phone payments. The contract has an estimated value of $454 million, making it the largest automated fare collection contract ever placed in North America. Cubic will operate and maintain the entire system, resulting in an overall 12-year partnership between Cubic and the CTA. Riders without credit or debit cards will be issued reloadable prepaid debit cards that can be used for everyday purchases and CTA rides.
Smart Card Alliance to Hold MTA Council Meeting
Open standards payment for public transportation will be the focus of the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council two-day meeting hosted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority / New York City Transit in New York City on September 22nd and 23rd. In addition to roundtable discussions and presentations, the meeting will be highlighted by a tour of the New York/New Jersey Contactless Fare Payment Trial. The meeting is open to all Smart Card Alliance members, Transportation Council members, and non-member transportation agencies. The agenda and registration information is available at http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?i=a386d1d2-341f-4038-b707-4b37c22eaee0. The New York/New Jersey Contactless Fare Payment Trial involves the Metropolitan Transportation Authority / New York City Transit, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and New Jersey Transit.
eAccess LLC to Supply Smart Cards to PATH
eAccess Cubic Corporation subsidiary and smart card, RFID solutions and services provider is set to deliver 1 million smart cards to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH) under a new three-year-contract. eAccess will deliver a substantial quantity of Limited Use Contactless Smart Cards, packaged with a secure RFID shield for convenient storage and retail handling. To be sold through retail kiosks at various PATH stations, the new cards meet the ANSI 410 standard adopted by the American National Standards Institute, as well as ISO/IEC 14443 compliance. ANSI 410 has accelerated the use of Limited Use cards among public transit agencies and systems integrators.
Cubic Launches Bay Area Transportation Card
Clipper card reader technology and decals have been installed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area transportation network and is now set to distribute its smart cards to local commuters. The reloadable Clipper card allows riders to transfer from one transit agency to another by simply touching the card to the Clipper card reader on board each bus or at rail stations for one card to pay for all the rides. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the agency that plans, coordinates and finances transportation projects in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, chose the name Clipper because of its connection with the region’s transportation history. Cubic joined with MTC officials in officially launching the new smart card on June 16 and will be useful on the Muni, BART, AC Transit, Golden Gate Transit, Golden Gate Ferry and Caltrain for about 80% of Bay area transit riders. The Clipper system will eventually extend to 25 transit agencies.
Mocapay & Micros Team to Offer Loyalty Programs
Mobile loyalty provider Mocapay has teamed with Micros Retail Systems to offer loyalty programs in the New York metro area.
Mocapay has fully integrated its mobile SaaS platform with the Micros iCare Solution
as well as a number of point-of-sales systems Micros Retail Systems customers’ use, including Micros Series POS E7,
3700 and 9700. Using Mocapay’s mobile SaaS technology, Micros Retail Systems’ customers
will have a secure mobile solution that can distribute customized
promotional text messages and mobile offers to targeted customers in a
certain geography or store location. Consumers who create mobile
accounts will be able to conduct mobile transactions at the
point-of-sale, access their account balance and transaction history,
find the nearest merchant location accepting the mobile loyalty and gift
programs as well as reload their account, all from their mobile phone.
Mobile account holders will also be able to conduct mobile gifting,
which allows real-time gift giving directly to another mobile phone. The
mobile gifting feature also helps merchants to increase their revenue
and customer base.
Cubic Transportation and ViVOtech Team
CA-based Cubic Transportation Systems has teamed with ViVOtech to enable
the Cubic designed “Tri-Reader” all-in-one reader that will process bank
cards, prepaid cards and smart card-enabled mobile phones.
Under the agreement, Cubic will integrate ViVOtech’s contactless payment
software into the latest generation “Tri-Reader” platforms and will
obtain type certification for MasterCard Paypass, Visa PayWave, American
Express, and Discover cards, which will enable contactless bank card
acceptance at Cubic fare collection devices for public transit. With the
new software, the “Tri-Reader”, a very secure, ISO 14443 Type A-
and Type B-compliant smart card processor, will provide a single reader
that will seamlessly accept contactless bank cards, innovative new
prepaid products like the “First Data GO-Tag” solution, and emerging
Near Field Communications (NFC) mobile phone technology, as well as
currently issued transit cards and those conforming to national transit
standards.
MasterCard Launches a Rock Promotion
Jon Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton and Kenny Chesney have teamed up with MasterCard to offer five lucky MasterCard cardholders in the U.S. the opportunity to meet a rock legend as part of the “MasterCard Roots of Rock” Sweepstakes MasterCard has developed a site at priceless.com for consumers to experience the music and has collaborated with each of the three artists to create a virtual tour of the places where they cut their teeth on the road to music royalty. Consumers will be able to interactively explore these artists’ musical histories and chart each of their rises to fame. The site also features free Universal Music Group downloads for MasterCard cardholders, as well as comprehensive information on all three artists including bios, exclusive photos, concert tour dates, links to purchase the artists’ latest albums and to their official websites. Free video downloads from the PBS series Soundstage Presented by MasterCard are also available for MasterCard cardholders. Additionally, 252 customer financial institutions are in the promotion via direct mail, in-branch materials and promotional copy.