Danish rail operator rolls out contactless fare payments on standard Android NFC phones - NFC World

SOFTPOS: Train unit tin present judge contactless fare payments connected modular Android NFC phones

Denmark’s authorities railway relation Danske Statsbaner (DSB) has begun rolling retired a software-only point-of-sale (sPOS) solution that enables obstruction unit to judge contactless fare payments connected a modular Android NFC smartphone without needing immoderate further hardware oregon accessories.

It allows conductors to judge contactless fare payments connected committee trains arsenic good arsenic payments for kiosk income and inspection fees and negociate payments via existing app-based infrastructure.

DSB is implementing the sPOS solution connected “almost 1,000 smartphones to assistance guarantee a much seamless outgo process connected committee trains” and “expects that each conductors volition beryllium equipped with the caller outgo solution wrong a fewer weeks”, exertion supplier SoftPay says.

“DSB volition payment from having a mobile constituent of merchantability enabling each their ticketing functionality via a communal smartphone. As they tin usage their existent infrastructure, this tin beryllium done with a minimal outgo and tin beryllium rolled retired precise quickly.” 

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