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Old Feb 23, 2022 | 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by RedLight2015
Speaking of which, it seems all of these new transit cards, like the new OMNY Card, Pronto card for San Diego, etc, are using what's called white label EMV, in which it is an EMV card, but instead of riding on traditional debit/credit card rails, it rides on a closed-loop payment rail, but because it is riding on EMV already, open payments can be enabled quite easily. Can someone scan a PRONTO card and see? or the new OMNY card?
FWIW, the "Credit Card Reader Pro" app on my phone just says "card not supported" when I try reading my Pronto card. cardpeek might provide more info, though.
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