Seoul Metropolitan Government has reportedly said it will enable open-loop payments on city buses next year and on the subway lines it runs by 2027, with the goal for buses and trains throughout the metro area from a variety of other operators to accept credit and debit cards and open-loop credentials in mobile wallets by 2030.
It would mean that South Korea, which has been one of the last major holdouts
Seoul Metropolitan Government has reportedly said it will enable open-loop payments on city buses next year and on the subway lines it runs by 2027, with the goal for buses and trains throughout the metro area from a variety of other operators to accept credit and debit cards and open-loop credentials in mobile wallets by 2030.
It would mean that South Korea, which has been one of the last major holdouts