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The Tomorrow’s Transactions Transit Reader – posts, articles and a paper about open payments in transit

Don’t judge mobile payments by the way they work now Friday, 25 March 2016
A few people tweeted and e-mailed to point out how app-centric commerce can be perversely annoying, citing the example of car parking given in this recent British newspaper piece. The competitive marketplace for cashless parking has resulted in a fragmented and rather irritating experience for motorists From Cashless parking was meant to make life easier […]
Reputation, ratings and currency Tuesday, 22 March 2016
I had the great pleasure of sitting next to Cory Doctorow once. We were taking part in some sort of roundtable about privacy and surveillance. I was excited about this because of my Edwardian policy on Twitter: I only follow people that I’ve met. I don’t follow companies, celebrities or computers. I only follow people, […]
Open-loop payment in transit Thursday, 17 March 2016
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 blog. ‘Open-loop’ Payments ‘Open-loop’ is the term used for transit payment instruments which can also be used for generic payments outside of the transit system. By […]

Tomorrow's Transactions