Los Angeles Transit Authority to Support Closed-Loop TAP Card in Both Apple Pay and Google Pay

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Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or Metro,plans to introduce an Android version of its TAP closed-loop fare card, with a virtual TAP card for the Google Pay wallet, a Metro spokesman confirmed to NFC Times.

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