Octopus card
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The Octopus card is a reusable contactless stored value smart card for making electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong. Launched in September 1997 to collect fares for the territo
Octopus Service Point at MTR Lam Tin station
Octopus reader at an MTR ticket gate
Octopus card reader of a self-payment kiosk at a McDonald's restaurant in Hong Kong
Octopus card enquiry and add value machine in Mong Kok station in 2017.
Upass
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Upass was a prepaid card for the transportation system in Seoul and its suburbs. The card was issued by Seoul Bus Transport Association and eB Card. Its parent-generation card is Seoul Transportation
Octopus card
…transactions, worth over HK$180 million, every day. The Octopus card system was the world's second contactless smart card system, after the Korean Upass. It won the Chairman's Award at the World Information Technology and Services Alliance's 2006 Global IT Excellence Awards for, among other things, being…
Upass card