Open Payment

Simplify urban mobility with open payments

Bring tap-to-pay simplicity to your mobility network with our open payment platform. With PCI compliance and multiple acquiring connections, we’re ready to support cities anywhere in the world.

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GLOBAL ACQUIRING REACH

FAST DEPLOYMENT

Tap into the future of contactless

Ready-made for mobility payments

Tap-to-pay has made retail payments fast and frictionless. Now the same effortless experience is expected for urban mobility.

With our open payment platform SESAME, we offer convenient contactless EMV payments for multimodal transport.

The experience is simple. Just tap a contactless EMV bank card or device on a reader to access services. Any fare caps set up in the back office are automatically applied, so the best available price is guaranteed.

An expert partner for open payments

With decades of experience working with cities, we’re a trusted provider of mobility ticketing and payments. Our open payment platform is part of an end-to-end payment service.

SIX CORE STRENGTHS OF OUR MULTIMODAL OPEN PAYMENT PLATFORM

Supports multiple card schemes’ rules for transit payments
Offers global reach, with a growing number of acquirer connections
Accepts multiple EMV tokens: bank card, smartphone, smartwatch
Enables payment using all major card schemes and mobile wallets
PCI DSS compliance provides security from point-of-tap until settlement
Handles deny list management and debt recovery processes

Cities present a modern image

A new era of urban mobility is here. Cities are embracing the potential of seamless open payments and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) to make multimodal journeys easier, safer and faster.

SUPPORT THE GOALS OF MODERN MOBILITY

Motivate sustainable travel by making public transport better
Unify transport and mobility with a city-wide payment system
Boost tourism by introducing universally recognised ‘tap-to-pay’
Create value for frequent transport users through fare caps
Link payment tokens with parking permits and rights

Transport operators boost ridership and revenue

Simpler transport payments are a key driver of modal shift from private cars to public transport. Boost ridership and hit business targets by introducing open payments.

PUT OPEN PAYMENTS AT THE HEART OF MOBILITY STRATEGY

Increase patronage by improving passenger experience
Cut the cost of paper tickets and smart card infrastructure
Reduce the expense associated with handling cash
Keep fraud in check with robust EMV security
Protect revenue with deny lists and debt recovery

A new, improved experience

Fast adoption of open transport payments in cities around the world indicates strong passenger approval. The convenience, ease and speed of ‘tap to pay’ EMV is transformational.

MAKE PAYMENTS FEEL EFFORTLESS

City-wide open payments make multimodal travel seamless
No queuing for tickets speeds up boarding and journey times
Convenient to use the card or device you carry everywhere
Simple to ‘just pay’ like you do for shopping or a cup of coffee
Automatic best value fares and parking when fare caps and digital permits are managed in a back-office