Summary - Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection APAC 2025

Global Mass Transit is organising the eighth edition of “Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection APAC 2025” conference on October 8-9, 2025 at The Westin Singapore.

The mission of the 2025 conference is to discuss experience so far in the deployment of contactless payments for transit, opportunities in open loop payments and ABT, key emerging trends, best practices, developments in MaaS, and key challenges. The conference will also discuss integration of transit payments with retail, EV charging and on-demand mobility, and showcase innovations and new technologies.

The two-day conference will have 13 targeted sessions with speakers providing insights and actionable advice to deploy advanced fare collection systems, highlighting developments and opportunities, and offering solutions to enhance the customer experience. The conference will also help participants understand the role of transit agencies, operators, fare system providers, hardware and software suppliers, acquirers and technology suppliers in establishing advanced, integrated and interoperable ticketing systems.

The event will bring together experts from leading transit agencies/transport authorities and operators, state/local governments, system integrators, technology and service provider firms, smartcard companies, technology and equipment manufacturers, mobile ticketing vendors, credit card companies, data architecture and IT firms, fare collection system suppliers, dynamic multiservice journey planners, taxi fleet operators, ride-hailing and ride-sharing service providers, micro-mobility providers, ticketing infrastructure providers, industry consultants, research and development organisations, financiers, technical institutes, etc.

Cashless, seamless transit in APAC through contactless and open loop payments
Market size, emerging trends and future outlook
Successful case studies
Plans of transport authorities (PTAs), operators (PTOs) and governments for deploying contactless payment technology
Project delivery and financing models
Integration and interoperability of ticketing systems
ABT and open loop payments
Mobile wallets and EMV cards for transit payments
Unified mobility wallets and Super Apps
Integrating public transit with taxis, car-sharing schemes, new mobility solutions, tourist passes, retail
Electronic toll collection (ETC): digitalising toll payments
EV charging payments integrated with mobility payments
Driving in-car payments forward with mobility payments solutions
Digital identity integration
AI-powered fare systems and predictive pricing
New fare structures, subscription-based pricing models, hybrid fare products
Data generation, data sharing, data analysis and privacy
Role of ABT and open payments in MaaS
Use of new technologies in transit payments: wearables, soundbased technologies; Host CardEmulation (HCE); facial recognition, biometric payments etc.
Nationwide ticketing: scope and projects
Cross-border ticketing projects
Cybersecurity and fare infrastructure resilience
Prioritising equity, accessibility and inclusion in transit through fare systems