O-CITY

Name

O-CITY

Legal name

BPC

Website

https://o-city.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Transport Fare Collection

NAICS

Urban Transit Systems (48511), Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems (485113)

SIC

Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAIAMAD

Open-Loop EMV Contactless Fare Payments

Travel & Hospitality/Rail, Bus & Ground Passenger Transport/Passenger Ticketing, Fare Collection & Transit Payment Systems

SECONDARYBPAMAIAL

Parking & Toll Payment/Reservation Platforms

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Travel, Mobility & Booking Platforms

Keywords

• Automated fare collection
• Open-loop payments
• Public transport ticketing
• Smart city payments
• Account-based ticketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Baar

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Licensing/SaaS: O-CITY is delivered as a cloud-based SaaS solution with flexible deployment options including fully hosted operations, platform-as-a-service, or on-premises implementation. Revenue derived from platform licensing fees to transport authorities and municipalities.
2. Transaction Processing: Revenue generated from processing fare collection transactions across connected transport networks. The platform processes 3 million transactions per day across its network.
3. Joint Venture Model: O-CITY can be implemented in a joint venture model where BPC/O-CITY operates the system as a service provider and co-invests in smart city projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

O-CITY is a cloud-native, account-based automated fare collection (AFC) platform for public transport operators and municipalities. It enables open-loop EMV contactless payments, supports mobile wallets, QR codes, and wearables, and centralizes fare rules and journey data across multiple transport modes including bus, metro, rail, parking, and toll roads. The platform is hardware-agnostic, integrates with existing validators, and is deployed via SaaS, PaaS, or fully managed operations.

Product overview

O-CITY is a modular cloud-based smart city payment platform designed by BPC, offering an integrated suite of automated fare collection and digital payment solutions. The core O-CITY Platform provides open-loop account-based ticketing that serves as the foundation, supporting multiple transport modes (bus, metro, rail, parking, toll roads) through centralized fare management. Key modules include Mobile Ticketing Application (white-label app for Android/iOS), E-Ticketing for city attractions, and Bank Acquirer Pre-processing Solution. The platform is complemented by vertical-specific solutions for parking facilities, toll road operators, education campuses, and entertainment venues. All solutions share common infrastructure: open-loop EMV technology, QR code payments, NFC contactless support, mobile wallets (Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, Alipay), and open APIs for third-party integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• O-CITY Platform Cloud-based automated fare collection platform designed for public transport operators and municipalities, enabling open-loop account-based ticketing with centralized fare management across multiple transport modes.
• Open-loop Account-Based Ticketing Account-based ticketing system allowing travelers to pay using contactless bank cards, mobile wallets, wearables, QR codes, and transport accounts with centrally managed fare rules and journey history.
• Automated Fare Collection (AFC) Digital ticketing solution automating fare collection across public transport networks, replacing cash handling with electronic payment processing and reducing fraud and abuse.
• Mobile Ticketing Application White-label mobile application for Android and iOS enabling travelers to purchase e-tickets, track journeys, manage payment methods, and access 360-degree view of activities across transport and city services.
• O-CITY E-Ticketing Digital ticketing solution for city attractions, museums, events, and entertainment venues enabling online ticket sales and contactless entry management.
• Toll Road Solutions Automated toll collection solution supporting multiple payment methods including RFID transponders, ANPR recognition, QR codes, and mobile applications for highway fee management.
• Parking Solutions Smart parking payment platform enabling users to locate parking spaces, reference license plates, set duration, and pay using various digital payment methods.
• Education Payment Solutions Campus payment platform enabling students to use ID cards, digital tokens, or smart devices for accessing educational services, tracking academic records, and managing campus payments.
• Entertainment Payment Solutions Digital ticketing and payment solution for entertainment venues including cinemas, theaters, concert halls, museums, and sporting events with seat management and audience segmentation.
• Bank Acquirer Pre-processing Solution Pre-processing solution enabling banks to configure transport payment systems to work with their issued cards, expanding digital product adoption and processing transit transactions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Visa research shows early open-loop adopters see ridership increases of 6%, with mature deployments reaching up to 10%
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BPCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018O-CITY was designed by BPC, a leading banking and payment firm with over 500 clients across more than 140 countries. BPC provides the underlying payment technology, 25+ years of payment expertise, and global regulatory compliance infrastructure that O-CITY leverages for city payment solutions.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cubic Transportation Systems: Cubic is one of the largest global suppliers of automated fare collection, account-based ticketing, and transit payment platforms for transit authorities. It competes directly with O-CITY in open-loop and mobile fare collection RFPs worldwide.
• Masabi: Masabi provides mobile ticketing and account-based fare collection software for public transport operators, with a strong open-loop EMV and mobile-wallet focus. Its SaaS model and rider app strategy overlap directly with O-CITY's open-loop platform.
• INIT (init AG): INIT is a German-headquartered provider of integrated IT and fare-collection systems for public transport, including open-loop and account-based ticketing. It is one of the leading European competitors to O-CITY for multimodal and EMV deployments.
• Scheidt & Bachmann: Scheidt & Bachmann supplies fare collection systems and validators to transit operators globally, increasingly supporting contactless EMV open-loop payments. It competes with O-CITY in tenders for both hardware and software-led AFC platforms.
• Thales Ground Transportation: Thales' Ground Transportation division delivers automated fare collection, ticketing, and mobility platforms for metro, bus, and rail networks. It is a major systems-integrator peer for multimodal fare collection deals O-CITY targets.

Broad incumbents

• Conduent: Conduent is a large incumbent that operates public transit fare collection and mobility services alongside broader business process services. Its scale and North American footprint make it a broad competitor for large transit fare collection contracts that O-CITY also targets.
• Worldline: Worldline is a major European payments and digital services provider that has expanded into transit fare collection and ticketing. Its merchant-acquiring and payment-processing scale makes it a broad competitor offering overlapping capabilities to O-CITY's platform.
• Verifone: Verifone is a global payment device and systems vendor offering payment-acceptance and back-office solutions that can serve transit. It competes with O-CITY at the hardware and payment-orchestration intersection for unattended transit acceptance.

Emerging players

• Littlepay: Littlepay is a focused payment-orchestration platform purpose-built for open-loop EMV fare collection in transit. It competes most directly with O-CITY's core payment-orchestration layer, particularly in mid-sized UK/Australian operators.
• Bytemark (now part of Cubic/Modaxo transit ecosystem): Bytemark provides mobile ticketing and account-based fare collection for transit agencies, particularly in North America. It is an emerging specialist peer overlapping with O-CITY's mobile ticketing and account-based ticketing offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/O_CITYPLATFORM
• Facebookfacebook.com/OCITYPLATFORM
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ocityplatform

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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