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O-CITY enters Kenya to drive contactless payments across Matatu bus service
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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 this...
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 enforced to..
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 worldwide..
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 an..
Smart cities and public transport move to open loop payment technology
The more access people have to new technologies, the greater the likelihood they will move to urban areas - a trend that is receiving much attention across the world. More than..
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 trials to..
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 of a sea..