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Transport for NSW's Opal Connect named Australia's top IT project
Ticketing and payments platform takes out the gold Benchmark.
Mar 6 2020 6:30AM
Transport for NSW scores mass-market award for Opal Connect
For connecting public transport payments.
Mar 6 2020 6:30AM
Forgetting your ticket becomes the new normal for public transport payments in NSW
Benchmark Awards 2020 finalist.
Feb 28 2020 7:02AM
Transport for NSW pins digital ambitions on Opal Connect
Benchmark Awards 2020 finalist.
Feb 19 2020 6:55AM
NSW to trial digital Opal card next year
Takes next step toward Netflix model for transport.
Dec 20 2019 11:43AM
Eftpos Opal taps finally on the cards
Transport for NSW makes late-running decision to include domestic payments scheme.
Dec 11 2019 1:26PM
NSW govt still losing millions from Opal card loophole
Negative balances cost $2.9m last year.
Nov 28 2019 4:54PM
CBA now paying some customers to use Apple Pay
As rivals spruik cashback for transit taps.
Nov 22 2019 7:00AM
Netflix model for NSW transport nears with new Opal digital account
Platform becomes one-stop shop for transport transactions.
Oct 23 2019 11:25AM
NSW completes contactless payments rollout across Opal network
Smartphone, card payments come to final bus route.
Sep 23 2019 11:32AM
Opal travel discounts extended to credit cards
Buses to accept scheme payments.
Jul 29 2019 10:24AM
NSW using AWS to predict public transport delays
Pulls weather, event and Opal data to plan.
Jul 15 2019 7:30AM
NSW looks to facial recognition as Opal card alternative
Proposes “frictionless transport payments”.
Jul 10 2019 4:59PM
Opal card integration with Apple Pay, Google Pay? Dominello dares to dream
NSW Transport focuses on contactless payments rollout.
Jun 11 2019 7:15AM
Opal card loophole cost NSW $3.8m last year
Cost of junked cards climbs $1.2m.
Nov 29 2018 7:00AM
NSW transit officers can't check credit card tap-ons
No easy fix for contactless payment trial.
Sep 17 2018 6:24AM
First on-demand operator taps into Opal
OpalPay moves beyond ferries.
Jun 29 2018 11:44AM
NSW Transport loses legal battle over Opal tracking
Local resident wins privacy fight.
Mar 13 2018 9:00AM
NSW govt opens Opal up to private operators
Provides API access.
Dec 20 2017 11:23AM
NSW lost $2.6m from discarded Opal cards
People ditch cards with negative balances.
Dec 15 2017 9:51AM
