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Urban Electronic Micro Payment

Mashhad has developed a city initiative to provide electronic micropayment tools, including special
services for people with disabilities. The goals it to replace cash and traditional payment for public
transportation and other urban micro payments transaction. There are two major methods for
electronic payment: the MAN Card and the E-Wallet.

MAN Card

The MAN Card was established in 2008 Figure 1: MAN Card illustration
to replace cash and ticket payments in
the public transportation system specialty
buses. Since then, over 6 million cards
have been issued for citizens and tourists
and more than 300 million transactions are
conducted annually through the MAN card.

MAN, cards are also integrated with
NFC enabled SIM cards, so that public
transportation payments can be done
directly through NFC enabled mobile
phones.

Citizens can charge their MAN Cards through a mobile application, charging stations, smart kiosks
and through a web portal. https:// mancard .mashhad .ir/ index .php

MAN Cards are also personalized especially for people with disabilities with extra features and
discounted fares for public transportation.

E-Wallet Figure 2: E-wallet illustration

The second electronic payment system that Mashhad has
developed is an urban exclusive e-wallet which enables
payments through smartphones by scanning QR codes.

The E-Wallet can be used for the payment of various modes
of public transportation (bus and subway), taxies and shared
bicycles; it can also be used in chain stores, urban expos and
many other places.

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