Tap and ride: OC Transpo customers can now pay fare with credit cards or mobile wallet
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OC Transpo is introducing a tap and ride payment system, giving people the option to use their credit card for pay for transit fares on buses and the O-Train.
Starting Thursday, the Presto card has some competition on OC Transpo buses and the O-Train.
Transit riders now have a much easier way to pay for bus or train rides. OC Transpo is introducing a tap and ride payment system, giving people the option to use their credit card to pay the fare.
It’s called O-Payment, and not only can you tap your Visa or Mastercard, you can also use your mobile wallet like Apple Pay or Google Wallet. Debit tap is not available yet but OC Transpo says it will be in the future.
Transit user Mitch Ward likes the idea.
"I suppose it's handy for people, especially if they're just getting on somewhere where there's just a bus, that they'll be able to utilize that option," Ward says. "Facilitate paying more efficiently so, why not?"
This not only makes it easier for existing riders, but will also give casual customers a much more convenient way to ride.
"It's for our customers," OC Transpo GM Renée Amilcar says. "It's more easy to use the credit card for tourism as well. And it's worldwide. Every transit around the world is going to the O-Payment like that with a credit card."
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