Mastercard contactless payments introduced in Kyiv’s subway

By Bozhena Sheremeta / June 22, 2015

Kyiv (Kiev) became the fifth city in the world on June 19 to let MasterCard holders pay for subway rides with cards that have chips using the so-called PayPass technology.

Kyivsky Metropoliten, the city-owned company that manages Kyiv’s subway system, installed 17 turnstiles with MasterCard payment terminals, according to a June 19 company news release. Only London, St. Petersburg, Chicago and Bucharest have such turnstiles installed.

Topics: E-payments, Hardware & Electronics, Kyiv, News, Payments & fintech, Regions, Smart cities

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