Osmodal (www.osmodal.com) today announced a strategic alliance with Pinnacle (pinnacleqm.com). Through their relationship, the two organisations will bring their collective resources, capability and expertise to the automated fare collection, intelligent transportation system and MaaS markets. The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing a surge in investment in automated...
Account-based ticketing (ABT) can enable the decoupling of payments from transit ticketing. But in most ABT implementations payments remain tightly coupled to a single funding source - EMV contactless bank cards. Some have argued that transport operators, banks and payment schemes should not be dictating...
Technology companies across the world have enthusiastically adopted agile development and product management practices to great effect. Done well, this has allowed companies to be more responsive to customer needs and market changes and rapidly develop their products. Learning quickly from successes and failures, technology...
Here are some pointers if you are considering adding EMV contactless payments to your transit scheme. The process to bring a new EMV card scheme / payment network on to your ecosystem can sometimes be a complicated and drawn-out process. Certification is required from the card...
Osmodal (www.osmodal.com) today announced a strategic alliance with C Smart International (www.csmartinternational.com). Through their relationship, the two organisations will bring their collective resources and expertise to the automated fare collection, intelligent transportation system and payments markets. The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing a surge in investment in...
The purpose of this article is to summarise key considerations to enabling a MaaS solution (which, in the opinion of the author, can also be thought of as an integrated ticketing and settlement scheme). How is a MaaS solution defined? MaaS (Mobility as a Service) has been...
With more transit authorities moving to closed and/or open-loop payment systems to allow passengers to pay for journies on public transport, people are surprised to still see barcodes/QR codes in use in these systems. What is a Barcode A barcode is a method of representing data in...
Conventional cEMV architecture This architecture is the one pioneered by Transport for London (TfL), where there is a single back-office and acquirer. There are obvious advantages for capping and journey resolution across operators, but basically, it puts all the control with the back-office provider and that...
Osmodal is proud to announce the launch of its new consulting business operation. The company's headquarters are located at Level 5, 115 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000. The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing a surge in investment in automated fare collection and intelligent transportation systems. Significant initiatives...