TaiwanMoney Card

Last updated July 01, 2025

TaiwanMoney Card was a contactless Smart card in use in seven cities centred on the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung.^[1] It was a combined credit card, electronic purse and public transport payment card, being the first such card when it was rolled out by its providers (MasterCard, Cathay United Bank and Acer e-Service) in June 2006.

History

The Kaohsiung City transit authority selected a consortium led by Acer to run the program in 2003, testing began in 2005 before roll out in 2006.

Technology

The technology used was based on the Mondex system.

Network

The TaiwanMoney card was widely accepted including the following:

Kaohsiung Bus Management Service
Kaohsiung City shipping company
South East Bus Company (Operating 7 routes under contract to Kaohsiung City Buses)
Kaohsiung Bus (including Tainan City Buses)
Kuo-Kuang Motor Transport Company Ltd (Southern Highway Passenger Line)

References

↑ "MasterCard, Partners to Power TaiwanMoney Card". Bank Systems & Technology. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2007-10-31.

External links

Official website (in Chinese)^{[ dead link ]}
http://www.banktech.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159904091 Archived 2006-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
http://www.multos.com/downloads/marketing/CaseStudy_Taiwan_Money.pdf Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "MasterCard, Partners to Power TaiwanMoney Card". Bank Systems & Technology. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2007-10-31.

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