transportation

Mastercard’s Kirkpatrick: Transit Is The Ticket To Everyday Spend
Mastercard’s Kirkpatrick: Transit Is The Ticket To Everyday Spend
March 25, 2019  |  Mastercard

The current best-in-class method of payment for a ride on a subway in any American city works just fine – until it doesn’t. Loading funds...

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Mastercard Pushes Cashless Solutions For Transit Payments
Mastercard Pushes Cashless Solutions For Transit Payments
March 22, 2019  |  Mastercard

Mastercard plans to bring cashless transit solutions to more than 20 U.S. cities in the next few years, the company said on Friday (March 22)....

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Ola Gets $300M Investment From Hyundai, Kia
Ola Gets $300M Investment From Hyundai, Kia
March 19, 2019  |  Investments

Hyundai Motor Group and Ola, the ride-hailing platform, announced on Tuesday (March 19) a strategic partnership in which Hyundai and Kia Motors Corp. will invest...

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Ford To Test Self-Driving Vehicles In Austin
Ford To Test Self-Driving Vehicles In Austin
March 14, 2019  |  Innovation

Ford is gearing up to test its self-driving vehicles in another U.S. city, according to reports stating that a testing program in Austin will launch...

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Bike And Scooter Businesses Take A Beating
Bike And Scooter Businesses Take A Beating
March 08, 2019  |  Ecosystems

The sharing of bicycles and scooters is a model that has over the last year or two has moved further into the mainstream of consumer...

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Bird To Roll Out Scooter Program In Three Regions
Bird To Roll Out Scooter Program In Three Regions
March 07, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Bird, the scooter sharing startup, is gearing up to roll out a new program in New Zealand, Canada and Latin America dubbed Bird Platform, in...

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Visa, Planeta Fast-Track Contactless Mass Transit Payments
Visa, Planeta Fast-Track Contactless Mass Transit Payments
February 25, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Visa and Planeta said on Monday (Feb. 25) that they have launched new technology that speeds contactless payments for mass transit and lowers the cost...

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Is Amazon Planning A ‘Megafleet’ For Electric Delivery?
Is Amazon Planning A ‘Megafleet’ For Electric Delivery?
February 22, 2019  |  Amazon Innovations

Pretty much anything Amazon does impacts so much else — and that truth, one of the longest-standing in the world of commerce and payments, seems...

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Hello TransTech Takes On Didi Chuxing In China Ride-Hailing
Hello TransTech Takes On Didi Chuxing In China Ride-Hailing
February 21, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Hello TransTech, the Chinese ride-hailing startup formerly known as Hellobike, is launching a carpooling service this week, on the heels of a test that ran...

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