Paygasus and Enghouse Launch Unified Platform to Streamline Urban Mobility Payments

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – May 05, 2026 – A strategic technology partnership between payment solutions provider Paygasus and global software company Enghouse Systems is set to reshape how North Americans pay for getting around. The two companies have announced the launch of a unified payment platform that integrates public transit, parking, and electric vehicle (EV) charging into a single, cohesive system for cities and mobility operators.

This integrated solution aims to solve a long-standing and costly problem for municipalities: the tangled web of separate, incompatible payment systems. By consolidating fare collection, parking revenue, and EV charging payments under one reporting and reconciliation layer, the partnership promises to slash vendor complexity and provide a clear, comprehensive view of mobility revenue.

Tackling the Urban Payment Maze

For years, transit agencies and municipal operators have grappled with the operational and financial burdens of fragmented payment infrastructure. Commuters often face a frustrating experience, needing different cards, apps, or payment methods for the bus, the parking garage, and the charging station. Behind the scenes, the challenge for cities is even greater.

Managing multiple vendors, reconciling disparate data streams, and maintaining aging, single-purpose hardware creates significant administrative overhead. The costs associated with handling cash—from collection and processing to security risks—are a major concern, with industry reports noting it as a significant issue for a large percentage of transit agencies. Furthermore, outdated fare collection methods are often cited as a contributing factor to fare evasion, which costs major cities millions in lost revenue annually.

This new platform from Paygasus and Enghouse Transportation and Public Safety arrives as demand for smarter, more integrated urban solutions reaches a fever pitch. The global market for contactless payments is expanding rapidly, driven by consumer demand for convenience and security. The partnership's solution directly addresses this trend by enabling modern payment methods across the entire urban mobility landscape.

“Transit agencies and municipalities need integrated payment infrastructure that works across every mode, today and as their networks grow,” said Toofan Otaredian, Vice President for Business Development and Sales at Enghouse. “The Paygasus and Enghouse Transportation and Public Safety partnership delivers exactly that: a proven platform that eliminates integration overhead and gives operators complete revenue visibility from day one.”

A Unified Platform for a Connected City

The joint solution is built on three critical pillars of modern urban mobility, all unified under a single back-end system:

1. Contactless Fare Collection: The platform supports advanced validators for buses and rail networks, allowing riders to simply tap their bank card, smartphone, or digital wallet to pay their fare. This “open-loop” system removes the need for proprietary transit cards, lowering the barrier to entry for occasional riders and tourists.

2. Parking Revenue Management: For surface lots and garages, the system offers ruggedized, unattended payment terminals designed for high-volume environments. Drivers can use the same seamless payment methods, integrating parking data with the broader mobility network.

3. EV Charging Payment Processing: As EV adoption accelerates, integrating charging payments has become critical. The platform allows drivers to pay for charging at the station using standard payment methods, with all transaction data consolidated alongside transit and parking information.

The core innovation lies in the platform’s ability to bring these disparate revenue streams together. For a city’s finance department, this means a single source of truth for reporting and reconciliation, drastically simplifying what was once a complex and error-prone process. For urban planners, it provides invaluable, cross-referenced data on how citizens move through and interact with the city’s transportation ecosystem.

The Technology Powering Seamless Mobility

This ambitious integration is made possible by combining the distinct technological strengths of both companies. Paygasus brings its expertise in modern, cloud-native payment architecture. Its platform is designed for the unique challenges of unattended and mission-critical environments, supporting a vast range of payment types from traditional credit cards to NFC and mobile wallets. Crucially, Paygasus provides secure, resilient connectivity, ensuring that terminals and validators remain operational even in areas with unreliable network coverage.

Complementing this is Enghouse Transportation’s deep, long-standing expertise in transit software. As an authorized vendor for initiatives like the California Integrated Travel Project (Cal-ITP), Enghouse has a proven track record in deploying open-loop and account-based ticketing (ABT) systems. Their software manages the complex fare rules, passenger information systems, and multi-modal journey planning that form the backbone of modern public transit operations.

Together, the integration allows Paygasus’s robust payment processing hardware and software to handle the front-end transaction, while Enghouse’s system manages the transit-specific logic and back-office operations. This modular, vendor-neutral approach provides a scalable and future-ready framework proven in active North American deployments.

Navigating a Competitive Landscape

Paygasus and Enghouse enter a competitive but rapidly growing market. Established giants like Cubic Transportation Systems and Conduent, along with specialized players like Flowbird and Passport, have been offering solutions for years. However, many of these offerings have traditionally focused on individual segments like transit fare collection or parking management.

The partnership is positioning its solution as a “premium alternative” by focusing on deep integration and a consolidated vendor relationship. The combined strength of Paygasus’s agile payment technology and Enghouse’s established municipal relationships provides a compelling package for agencies looking to modernize their entire mobility payment ecosystem at once, rather than in piecemeal fashion.

“Our customers are demanding future-ready payment solutions from partners with real deployment experience; this partnership with Enghouse gives them a unified transit and parking payment platform backed by both companies’ established municipal relationships and a shared commitment to long-term customer success,” stated Christopher Fleisch, Vice President at Paygasus.

With active deployments already underway, the partnership is moving beyond conceptual promises to real-world application. For municipalities, the return on investment extends beyond simplified administration. A unified system offers the potential for increased revenue capture by reducing fare evasion and making payments easier across all services. It also provides the data-driven insights necessary for optimizing routes, managing congestion, and planning future infrastructure. This consolidation marks a pivotal step toward creating more responsive, efficient, and interconnected urban ecosystems for the next generation.