The top 4 contactless public transport payment methods in 2023
The adoption of contactless payments in public transport has been growing rapidly in recent years, driven by increased consumer demand for convenient and efficient...
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Five reasons for transport operators to introduce mobile ticketing
Smartphone payments are no longer something new. Payments with wearables become a trending topic as well. The global mobile ticketing market size is projected to reach...
Top Smart City and Transit Trends for 2023
A digital shift is happening in the mobility sector across cities and their transport systems driven by commuters’ and travellers’ demand and fueled by the need to...
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems make their way across Asia
The global increase in popularity of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems doesn’t come as a surprise. Designed to offer a transit system that has the speed, capacity, and...
Ecuador’s second city Guayaquil becomes a benchmark for innovation by connecting open payments to its transportation system with O-CITY
O-CITY by BPC will enable residents to have a single method of access and payment without friction in the different modes of public transport in the city, generating...
Digitalisation in the Middle East and Africa: Regional mobility trends and perspectives for 2022
Progress in digital technologies opens up an array of new opportunities for public transportation worldwide. With improvements in convenience, payment methods, and...
O-CITY enters Kenya to drive contactless payments across Matatu bus service
Up to 10,000 buses to become cashless with O-CITY’s M-Pesa-based ticketing solution.
Industry collaboration needed to revive public transportation in COVID-19 era
Social distancing in public transport is among the keys to preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and new technologies are playing a vital role in addressing...
Next stop: Smart City
The Covid-19 pandemic has an impact on everyone’s daily habits and it won't just be in the short term. The impact it has on businesses has led to new policies being...
O-CITY joins the Visa Ready for Transit program to drive contactless payments for mass transit systems globally
Accelerated by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the world is rapidly embracing contactless payments across all public transportation benefiting millions of passengers...
Time for open payments across the city
bpcbillet is now O-CITY. We are glad to introduce BPC’s new brand dedicated to make cities more open. Founded in 2018 and adopted by over 100 cities worldwide, O-CITY is...
Smart cities should prioritize solving real life problems with digital solutions
“The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo”, Desmond Morris, the famed British zoologist once said.
How Singapore became the world’s poster child of smart cities
When the average European arrives in Singapore, he or she will likely get the feeling they’re living in the future.
They can call a Robocar, one of the first public...
Three smart city projects that are truly changing people’s lives
With over half of the world’s population living in urban areas at the moment, and additional 2.5 billion people joining them in the next few decades*, we’re at the verge...