MasterCard and RATP announce cooperation to study the feasibility of accessing public transport systems
The service will be developed in association with Banque Postale.
The service will be developed in association with Banque Postale.
MasterCard Worldwide and RATP have announced today that they are cooperating at developing the functional and technical requirements and feasibility of using MasterCard PayPass contactless payment cards to access public transport services. The goal is to help French and foreign travellers gain faster access to public transportation by simply taping their MasterCard PayPass bank card in front of a validator. In association with la Banque Postale, lab and field tests could also be conducted in the course of 2009.
PayPass contactless technology was developed to enable card payments for all types of purchases. It comes in addition to the functions of an international bank card in order to meet the needs of those points of sale which require a quick payment (restaurants, service stations, retail distribution, transportation, etc.). RATP and MasterCard in association with La Banque Postale aim at presenting the Public Transport organizing authorities with a solution enabling French and foreign travellers to have a direct access to the subway, the bus or the tramway thanks to their bank card.
