Contactless payments are becoming common in public transportation

Mastercard provides the infrastructure for public transportation payments in major cities such as London, Chicago, Kiev and Bucharest. In Turkey, it allowed the use of its public transport payment solutions for Düzce, Osmaniye and Hatay. With Mastercard’s contactless public transportation payment systems, those living in or visiting Düzce and Osmaniye can use the contactless debit or credit cards in their wallets and mobile phones as payment means. In Hatay, users of Hatay Card can load balances to their cards via the mobile application thanks to the Masterpass infrastructure.

With Düzce and Osmaniye, 18 cities can pay for public transportation with contactless cards or mobile phones. In 13 cities including Hatay, balance can be loaded to city or transportation cards with the Masterpass infrastructure. Thus, it offers MasterCard’s contactless payment technology for smart cities has become used in more than 30 cities in Turkey. Contactless payment solutions for public transportation can vary according to the existing infrastructure and needs of cities. In some cities, payments are made directly with a contactless bank or credit card or mobile phone, while in some others, a fast secure payment infrastructure is provided for loading the balances of city or transportation cards through Masterpass. Mastercard Turkey and Azerbaijan General Manager Yiğit Çağlayan said that: “While working with the aim of cashless society we offer practical, smarter, safer solutions to people with innovative technologies. Our goal is to spread the contactless application to taxis, parking lots, highway toll booths and even museums, as in different smart cities of the world.”