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Check-in gates at Den Haag Central Station
CrimeBusiness
NS blocks virtual cards from 3 providers over fraud allowing people to travel for free
5 August 2025 - 09:06
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Arriva and NS payment terminals using OV chipkaart
Business
Increase in people requesting their money back from expired OV chip cards
1 May 2025 - 21:10
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Arriva and NS payment terminals using OV chipkaart
Crime
Russian hackers attack public transport chip card website, temporarily inaccessible
4 November 2023 - 14:20
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Man checking in with an OV chip card at Den Haag Central Station, 28 December 2020
Business
Public transit card company made €30 mil. in 5 years from funds on expired OV-chip cards
31 October 2023 - 08:31
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Woman checking in at an Utrecht train station with a contactless debit card
CrimeTech
Scammers find quirky exploit in OVpay system for free public transport rides
15 April 2023 - 08:15
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Woman checking in at an Utrecht train station with a contactless debit card
Business
Contactless payment on public transport: Travelers sometimes charged on multiple cards
15 February 2023 - 11:14
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Arriva and NS payment terminals using OV chipkaart
Tech
Dutch public transport to ditch "chipkaart" by 2024
12 March 2021 - 13:07
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An NS train waiting on the tracks
Innovation
Rocky start for Dutch test with smartphone public transit payments
21 July 2017 - 16:10
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Passengers exiting a train at Amsterdam Sloterdijk station in 2017
BusinessInnovation
Vodafone, KPN customers can now use Android phone to pay for public transit
22 May 2017 - 13:25
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Business
Public transit card company cashed in €55 million in profits these past 5 years: report
14 February 2017 - 09:20

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