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It's been said that China has not been as quick as other Asian countries such as Singapore, Japan and South Korea to embrace and develop smart cities, but the country has been making progress. And the announcement at the Fourth China International...
Article - 08/24/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Telecommunications, Transportation
Scroll down for quick news takes on Smart Cities Council partners.Sensus recognized by rural electric cooperativesFor the second consecutive year, rural cooperative utility leaders recognized Council Global Lead Partner Sensus, a Xylem brand, and...
Article - 12/08/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Funding is often one of the biggest obstacles to city improvement projects, but you don’t always have to find new sources of revenue to fund them. You may be able to do with the funding sources you’re already entitled to collect.We’ve rounded up a...
Article - 08/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Analytics
There’s no doubt that the arrival of the internet has made business difficult for traditional retailers. But a MasterCard study found something surprising when it looked at three retail districts in Britain: Business is as a good as it’s ever been....
Article - 06/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments
By Barbara ThorntonDoes more citizen engagement really lead to higher tax revenue for a city? The answer: it depends.In cities with a clear process that allows citizens to participate in shaping the budget allocations, local tax revenue collection...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
For MasterCard Chief Products Officer Craig Vosburg, data and intelligence are essential for cities on the path to becoming smart cities, particularly payments data.In an interview with PYMNTS.com, Vosburg outlined why MasterCard, a Council Lead...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Payments, Data management, Interoperability
More than 170,000 refugees are crammed into a tiny camp in Kenya, a camp that’s so full, new arrivals wanting to stay there have been turned away for more than a year. Hunger and malnutrition are the norm. Children are separated from families....
Article - 09/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Economic development, Health and human services, Payments
A study from Council Lead Partner MasterCard found that British citizens are gradually warming up to using their mobile phones to pay for goods and services.Following the launch of mobile payment program Apple Pay at over 250,000 locations...
Article - 07/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
Nobody likes paying for parking, but soon it could actually pay to park on the streets of Las Vegas. Under a new program, parking meters will do double duty, printing coupons good at nearby merchants along with the receipt for the parking fee.As...
Article - 07/08/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Transportation
For nearly 25 years, Somalia’s economy has been virtually cut off from the rest of the world. A civil war caused its financial system to collapse and concerns about fraud have stood in the way of rebuilding it. But Council Lead Partner MasterCard is...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Payments, Computing resources, Security and privacy
London and Bangkok are at the top of MasterCard’s latest Global Destinations Cities Index. Just like last year, the year before that and the year before that. In fact, they’ve always topped the list. But instead of stopping there, the annual ranking...
Article - 06/05/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Interoperability, Policy and leadership
Council Advisor International Finance Corp. – a member of the World Bank Group – and Council Lead Partner MasterCard have agreed to develop a $250 million risk-sharing facility to enable emerging market banks to provide increased access to secure...
Article - 04/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity
Scroll down for today's short takes from Council partners…UK power giant first to go live with innovative GE technology UK Power Networks -- the United Kingdom's largest power distribution company -- is the first to implement Council Lead Partner...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
A move to help millions of daily commuters around the world experience faster, more convenient and personalized ways to get around by tapping into the power of their mobile phones was just announced by MasterCard and Cubic Transportation Systems....
Article - 03/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
Can you imagine if people cut their power lines the way they have been cutting the cord with their cable television providers? Between distributed energy generation, conservation and other advances, that scenario isn’t quite as farfetched as it...
Article - 02/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Bogota's urban mobility transformation gets a boost from MasterCardRecaudo Bogota, Bancolombia and Council Lead Partner MasterCard are introducing electronic payments to promote and facilitate access...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Waste management, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Cubic and Transport for London celebrate ticketing winCouncil Lead Partner Cubic Transportation Systems and TfL (Transport for London) are celebrating a win after TfL’s contactless payment system was...
Article - 02/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
The primary goal of a transit system has been to get a rider from point A to point B. Collecting fares has typically been an afterthought, which is why that process is usually set up for the transit system’s convenience – not the rider’s.A...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
When your city is short of cash and raising taxes just isn’t an option, what can you do? Some cities are getting the money they need by doing a better job of collecting the on the taxes they already collect. And technology is making it easier to for...
Article - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Analytics, Computing resources, Finance and procurement
Attempts to modernize and boost the economy of East Africa have been held back by one thing: cash. For most people who live there, cash seems to be their only option for doing business, which hinders economic growth and makes it more difficult for...
Article - 12/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity