SP innovates and now receives payment in credit and debit cards
With this innovation, in Paulistano there is an alternative to pasting bus passages using credit and debit cards, the meters and trains also test QR Code technology in some capital stations.
Now we Paulistanos can pay the bus fare using a very used tool every day, or credit card The debit and release of the use of the card by the city's transport lock validators was announced on December 12, 2019 by the Municipal Secretary of Transportation of São Paulo.
More facilities for payment of passages
As this news it is allowed that boarding can be done without it being necessary to use the single ticket, in this way, it is facilitated as the city makes the transport payment on the current days.
This system will be responsible for the use of proximity field communication (NFC) and all indicate that it involves nearly 200 buses that operate in parts of São Paulo. According to Alexandre Pinto, who is director of new businesses in Matera, the company is a specialist in the development of technologies for the financial market and is in a situation in which the use of NFC is an excellent fit.
Therefore, any consumer who uses the credit and debit card will currently be able to take advantage of this new benefit, which is consequently responsible for generating enough convenience for the users, since it will not be necessary to go to a guide to buy passages or to recharge the bilhete, thus, it is a Very efficient technology.
However, Alexandre Pinto affirmed that it will be necessary to carry out a survey to find out what percentage of the Brazilian population will benefit from this new measure, since Brazil has around 60 million people who do not use credit and debit cards.
There are many questions about how the devices will function due to internet use, because in some scenarios it is possible that the bus is located in a region whose signal is more broken.
QR Code
A novelty also in São Paulo is the adoption of the QR Code system, which is a barcode in two-dimensional format that can be easily identified with smartphones and has had nearly 22 thousand sales just in the first week of use.
Although it is in the testing phase since December 3, 2019, the unitary ticket with the use of this technology is being tested for 45 days of experiences in seven stations, three that belong to the São Paulo Metro and four that are run by the Paulista Metropolitan Trains company. (CPTM).
According to Professor Matheus Delbon who teaches public administration at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), the implementation of the QR Code is very useful, allowing citizens to have access to the most simplified and most secure payment methods.
It is proven that very soon the technology will be integrated into various other metro and train lines, because it is a great benefit not only for companies, which will help cut various expenses, but also for users, who can achieve greater simplicity so that the pass is acquired.
With this medium-term investment, various expenses such as insurance are also cut off, every day there is a higher price due to the large assault cliff that the sales posts pass every day.
The news should not stop there, since there is an expectation that in the future other projects for instant payments will be presented that can be used in various situations from day to day.