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Transit Payments

Payments News You Can Use! (Of the Beer and Transportation Sort)

by Jay DeWitt on April 28, 2010

in Jay DeWitt, NACHA Payments 2010, Transit Payments, Uncategorized

If you’ve been following the blog posts and tweets from the Glenbrook crew this week, you know that a few of us have been attending NACHA’s Payments 2010 event. I’m a Seattle native, now living in Spokane, and I had the opportunity to ride the new Sound Transit Central Link Light Rail into the [...]

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Transit Moves Contactless Payment [Smart Card Alliance 2010 Payments Summit]

by Jacqueline Chilton on February 24, 2010

in Conferences & Meetings, Contactless, Jacqueline Chilton, Transit Payments

Glenbrook’s Jacqueline Chilton is in Salt Lake City for the Smart Card Alliance 2010 Payments Summit.
If you have been fortunate enough to travel internationally lately, you will have noticed the efficient use of payments in many city transit systems. From the Oyster Card in London to the Octopus card in Hong Kong and many [...]

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Fraud and the Airline Industry: ATPS2009 Day 1

by Jacqueline Chilton on December 15, 2009

in Card Fraud, Card Payments, Conferences & Meetings, Jacqueline Chilton, Transit Payments

The pre-workshops and part of the first day at ATPS 2009 focused on fraud. Here’s a round up of my impressions after a full day of panel discussion, presentations, and breakout sessions. Once the presentations are up on the ATPS site I will provide links to each speaker’s deck. Presentations are here.

According to 41st Parameter, [...]

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Alternative Payments and Airlines: ATPS2009 Day 1

by Jacqueline Chilton on December 15, 2009

in Card Payments, Conferences & Meetings, Jacqueline Chilton, Transit Payments

Alternative payments were the first topic of the day at ATPS 2009. Here’s a round up of my impressions after a full day of panel discussion and presentations. Once the presentations are up on the ATPS site I will provide links to each speaker’s deck. Presentations are here.

Merchants have increasingly moved to accept payments other [...]

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Taxis and Payment Cards in New York City

by Carol Coye Benson on January 3, 2008

in Card Payments, Taxi Payments, Transit Payments

On a New York visit over the last several days, I used four taxis – and paid with my debit card each time. (New York City has recently implemented a regulation requiring all cabs to accept card payments – without minimums or added fees.)
As I paid, I asked each driver whether or not card [...]

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