- TaiwanMoney
TaiwanMoney is a contactless
Smart card in use in seven cities centred around the southern Taiwanese city ofKaohsiung . [cite news |first=BS&T Staff|last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=MasterCard, Partners to Power TaiwanMoney Card |url=http://www.banktech.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159904091 |work= |publisher=Bank Systems & Technology |date=2005 |accessdate=2007-10-31 ] It is a combinedcredit card , electronic purse and public transport payment card being the first such card when it was rolled out by its providers (MasterCard ,Cathay United Bank and Acer e-Service) in June 2006.History
The Kaohsiung City transit authority selected a consortium led by Acer to run the program in 2003, testing began in 2005 before roll out in 2006.
Technology
The technology used is based on the
Mondex system.Network
The TaiwanMoney card is widely accepted including the following:
*Kaohsiung bus Management Service
*Kaohsiung City shipping company
*South East Bus Company (Operating 7 routes under contract to Kaohsiung City Buses)
*Kaohsiung Bus (including Tainan City Buses)
*Kuo-Kuang Motor Transport Company Ltd (Southern Highway Passenger Line)References
ee also
*
List of smart cards
*Octopus card
*OnePulse External links
* [http://www.taiwanmoney.com.tw/index.htm Official website] (Chinese)
*http://www.banktech.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159904091
*http://www.cardtechnology.com/article.html?id=20060317366M1LIB
*http://www.cardsinternational.com/get.asp?*script=article&ID=24666&search=TaiwanMoney%20Card&site=1
*http://www.multos.com/downloads/marketing/CaseStudy_Taiwan_Money.pdf
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