Fraud is a major problem on German ticket. After CDU, CSU and SPD have agreed to the continuous existence of flat-rate price tickets by at least 2029 in their coalition agreement, public transport industry organizations now need measures to “secure further income and protect passengers”. It was important to protect everyone better from ticket fraud, “the Association of German Transport Company (VDV), Federal Association of Shingson Running (BSN) and Mopare Rail Competition Association on Wednesday insisted.
According to their information, a working group of industry size has created “further general specifications”. “By June 30, the required technical steps should be applied”, Three unions appeal to other important actors Like railway unions, which would have to be called a word while presenting appropriate standards. If it goes to VDV, BSN and MOFAIR, only German tickets that meet new safety standards should be valid from the latest from the latest from the latest on October 1 to the latest.
Jaif: German AI Infrastructure for Start-up, Industry and ResearchersAlong with his appeal, the presidents of three associations also increased the pressure on the entire industry after the failure of a uniform project last year. They underline them: “This is the only way we can secure industry income and protect the payment customers. To do this, it is necessary to “design digital ticket control technically and more efficiently”.
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Three organizations do not want to publish details of the desired security precautions “so that no one is deceived”. Remedy “as well as control, IT safety and organizational processes”. The specified period for this is ambitious, as the technical service providers required for implementation will only have limited capacity. However, the Sangh considers its approach to “without an option”.
Despite the increase in several prices since introduction in May 2023, there has been an increase of 58 euros per month, the number of flat rates sold has increased from 9 million to about 14 million in the beginning of 2025. However, transport associations complain that about one million fake or unpaid Germany tickets are also in circulation. There is a systematic, digital abuse. Criminals are said to have bought tickets through the SEPA Direct Debit mandate and have not then not paid. For example, in Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), customers have to confirm their account details from summer when booking a new direct debit. An online banking account is required for this.
Deutsche bahn (DB) has been demanding an account verification from its customers from the end of 2023 when they complete the membership. The process also scares interested parties. The solution provider smells a business and offer special systems to detect fraud. So should be about A cloudy service with behavioral analysisRisk assessment based on patterns, optimized test algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) shows more than 95 percent fraud cases as well as optimize payment processes.
(VBR)
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