European neobank bunq has added cash-back and savings bonuses to its offerings designed for digital nomads. bunq now offers 1% cash back on food and drinks to Easy Money and Easy Green users, and 2% back on public transportation to Easy Green users, the company...
The Netherlands has followed London’s example with the launch of an open-loop transport system. Unlike their closed-loop equivalent, open-loop payment systems don’t require an additional card or pass to ride, and city travelers can easily hop on and off metros, trams and buses using their...
Visa, in response to the rising demand for safer ways to travel, has expanded its partnership with Cubic Transportation Systems to offer contactless payments for public transportation services in over 500 cities, according to a press release. Visa and Cubic have already launched contactless systems...
COVID-19 is derailing public transportation the world over, but Fernando Souza, vice president at payments platform CyberSource tells PYMNTS it’s also creating a huge push toward replacing cash and paper tickets with contactless payments. The conversations with transportation systems are no longer about 'why' but...
July 18, 2023
European neobank bunq has added cash-back and savings bonuses to its offerings designed for digital nomads. bunq now offers 1% cash back on food and drinks to Easy Money and Easy Green users, and 2% back on public transportation to Easy Green users, the company said in a Tuesday (July 18) press release. The neobank […]
July 16, 2020
Visa, in response to the rising demand for safer ways to travel, has expanded its partnership with Cubic Transportation Systems to offer contactless payments for public transportation services in over...
June 17, 2020
With ridesharing having taken a hit from the pandemic, Uber is pushing into a new sector: public transportation. Uber — or Uber’s software, to be exact — will soon be...
June 03, 2020
New Yorkers who were hoping the city’s public transportation network would soon accept contactless payment will have to wait. The Wall Street Journal reported the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had...