Every day more than 12 million tap-and-go transactions are made possible by Watchdata.

Over the last few years, the discussion around the optimal introduction and utilization of smart card technology in the public transportation sector continues to grow. Several schemes worldwide were proposed and some successful live schemes in Europe and in Asia utilize contactless smart card technology-based solutions. Watchdata takes advantage of such growth, seizing up opportunities in Asia and in Europe.

With over 11 years of experience in transport applications, Watchdata has seen more than 30 million of its contactless microprocessor smart cards serve the public transport industry where commuters realize the ease and convenience of having a single card for seamless and speedy contactless e-payment of transport services. The number continues to grow with several projects already on the pipeline.

Watchdata provides the transportation industry proven and tested innovative, efficient and robust multi-application smart card solutions. With such success, Watchdata has also gained the reputation of being one of the most innovative smart card solution providers in the world. The evolution of the way people pay for public transport services, such as taxi, bus, subway, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP), parking and many others is well under way. With this regards, Watchdata ensures that its transport products and solutions are in-line with transport operators and government initiatives on wider adoption of smart card technology.

Watchdata provides various transport solutions based on regional specification and standard requirement.

In Europe and Latin America, Watchdata’s contactless microprocessor smart card complies with the Calypso European transport standard.

In Asia Pacific, Watchdata is the first and so far, the only smart card provider that is fully certified with the Singapore Standard for Contactless ePurse Application (CEPAS). Currently, Watchdata already provided over 11 million CEPAS-compliant microprocessor smart cards to Singapore that also utilizes the card functionality in retail payment. In China, Watchdata has provided microprocessor smart cards that comply with several industry standards for transport, construction and finance. China’s big cities including Beijing, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Dalian and many others are all using Watchdata’s smart cards as their transport e-ticketing solution of choice.