The United Arab Emirates hopes to complete a contactless smart card system for its roads and public transportation system by the end of 2009 with the help of Octopus Knowledge Ltd. and the Electronic Documents Centre LLC, a card personalization, … Read the rest
During the past year, prepaid use in China’s rapidly growing economy has seen a boom in the transportation and communications sectors and other closedloop markets. However, governmental regulations are still blocking any development in open-loop markets.
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Despite Asia’s largely cash-based economy, prepaid cards are making inroads there because of increased use in transportation and communications.
“Around all the Asian regions, including mature prepaid markets like Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, the prepaid card is seen to … Read the rest