Transit App Gets Onboard and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/18/21

The Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority in Reading, Pa., will launch its Go Mobile payment app Jan. 26, allowing riders to use a mobile device to pay for bus fares and passes. The app was developed by Modeshift Inc., a specialist in technology for transit agencies.
Bestpass, a processor of toll payments for commercial fleets, said its volume reached $1.2 billion in 2020, up 20% over 2019, on 100 million transactions. It finished the year with 650,000 deployed transponders across 10,000 clients.
Payments provider Mogo Inc. said its shareholders approved the company’s acquisition of Carta Solutions Holding Corp., a digital-payments platform provider. The transaction, for which terms were not announced, is expected to close later this month.
RevoluGroup Canada Inc. announced it has launched its free RevoluPOS app for Apple and Android devices. The app allows merchants to accept payments on personal devices.
German semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies AG is replacing employee ID cards at its headquarters with Mastercard cards that combine building access with a contactless capability.

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