Stockholm to add EMV white label card

Passengers travelling on metro, rail, bus, tram and boat services in Stockholm will soon be able to use an EMV white label card issued by the city’s Storstockholm Lokaltrafik (SL) transit authority.

SL is launching the world’s first proprietary EMV white label public transport card to enable closed loop transit ticketing payments for passengers who do not have or do not wish to use their bank card or mobile phone to pay their fares using the transit authority’s open loop contactless payment system.

The card taps into SL’s existing infrastructure. The first new EMV White Label cards will be rolled out after the summer.