{"id":141647,"date":"2023-07-28T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interac1.wpengine.com\/?post_type=consumers&#038;p=141647"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:49:51","slug":"interac-debit-for-transit","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/stage.interac.ca\/en\/resources\/personal-resources\/personal-faq\/interac-debit-for-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"Interac Debit for Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"t4-hero-block_9f1d312791dd059ad57882cf3bd5b5e3\" class=\"block-t4-hero\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 100px; padding-top: px; padding-bottom: px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x align-center align-middle\">\n            <div class=\"cell small-12 hero-title\">\n                <h1><em>Interac<\/em> Debit for Transit<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"interac-breadcrumbs-block_e5fe660308bf56f9f57aa9ca8fb5b1f1\" class=\"interac-breadcrumbs\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n            <div class=\"cell small-12\">\n                <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"breadcrumbs\"><\/ul><\/nav>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n\n\t<div id=\"faq-transit-open-payments\" class=\"faq grid-x\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cell small-12\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"faq-title\">Transit Open Payments<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"accordion\" data-accordion data-accordion data-allow-all-closed=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-item faq_list\" data-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#what-are-transit-open-payments\" class=\"accordion-title title\">What are Transit Open Payments?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"what-are-transit-open-payments\" data-tab-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq_answer\"><p>Transit Open Payments or open payment fare systems provide the ability for transit riders to tap a payment card or a mobile wallet at fare readers without the need to use a transit fare card or transit app to pay for their adult fare. Interac is enabling the ability for a debit card or mobile wallet supported by <em>Interac<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Debit to be used for this purpose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-item faq_list\" data-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#where-can-i-use-my-debit-card-for-transit-open-payments\" class=\"accordion-title title\">Where can I use my debit card for Transit Open Payments?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"where-can-i-use-my-debit-card-for-transit-open-payments\" data-tab-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq_answer\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x\">\n<p>The ability to pay for adult transit fares directly via\u202fInterac\u202fDebit is available by the following transit authorities:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Greater Toronto &amp; Hamilton Area (GTHA) transit authorities, including Brampton Transit, Burlington Transit, Durham Region Transit, GO Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, MiWay in Mississauga, Oakville Transit, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), UP Express, York Region Transit&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TransLink in Vancouver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OC Transpo &amp; Para Transpo in Ottawa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Laval (STL) in Quebec&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fredericton Transit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lethbridge Transit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-item faq_list\" data-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#are-transit-open-payments-going-to-be-available-with-all-transit-authorities-in-all-cities-in-canada\" class=\"accordion-title title\">Are Transit Open Payments going to be available with all transit authorities in all cities in Canada?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"are-transit-open-payments-going-to-be-available-with-all-transit-authorities-in-all-cities-in-canada\" data-tab-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq_answer\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x\">\n<p>While many large cities internationally have implemented support for Transit Open Payments, implementation plans are based on transit authorities, municipalities, and government agencies. 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