Press Release: Deutschlandticket
Published: March 1, 2023
White-label solution from Ximedes and Billwerk+ opens up subscription business model for local transport and ensures competitive advantage in the D-Ticket market
Frankfurt am Main / Haarlem, 28 February 2023 – The Deutschlandticket (D-Ticket for short) makes nationwide travel by bus and train possible with a monthly subscription. To make it easier for regional transport associations and companies to implement the D-Ticket by the target date of 1 May 2023, Ximedes and Billwerk+ have developed a new complete solution. This combines the white-label solution from Ximedes (subscription management, payments, ticketing, and an app) with the subscription technology from subscription management provider Billwerk+. German public transport companies such as Verkehrsverbund Rhein Mosel (VRM) already use this solution. Ximedes TapConnect is used for the sale of all barcode tickets in the Netherlands and recorded no downtime in 2022.
D-Ticket app in the brand design of the transport associations
The Deutschlandticket solution from Ximedes and Billwerk+ offers transport associations comprehensive functions such as subscription management, payments, ticketing, and a user app. Passengers register once via the app and use it to book a D-ticket in the form of a barcode. The barcode ticket fully complies with VDV standards and can therefore be read with an electronic device of any transport association in Germany. The personal information of the passengers is stored exclusively on the German servers of Billwerk+, so that the protection of the data is guaranteed at all times.
Since no integration into existing systems is required, transport associations can put the solution directly into operation. As a white-label product, both the back-office system and the end-user app can be designed in your own style. In this way, transport associations can offer the Deutschlandticket under one brand alongside their existing transport apps. In this way, the users of the D-ticket remain customers of the regional transport associations, as they do not have to switch to apps from other providers.
“Ximedes’ e-ticketing solution TapConnect has become a de facto standard for barcode travel in the Netherlands,” says René Hodde, CEO of Ximedes. “We have adapted TapConnect to German requirements and made it fit for the Deutschlandticket together with Billwerk+. With a user-friendly app in the design of the respective transport association, passengers will be able to travel easily throughout Germany from May 1st, 2023.”
“Offering the Deutschlandticket on a subscription basis clearly shows that the German mobility industry has now also arrived in the subscription economy,” says Ricco Deutscher, CEO of Billwerk+. “Subscription business models are becoming the standard in ticket purchasing. Especially with the offer of the Deutschlandticket, transport associations create long-term customer relationships and enable their passengers to travel throughout Germany without regional borders with one ticket. In this way, local public transport embodies, even more, the original principle of the sharing economy – to use transport goods collectively.”
Transport associations can contact Ximedes or Billwerk+ at any time to implement the solution quickly and easily: https://www.tapconnect.io/deutschland-ticket
About Ximedes
Ximedes is a Dutch fintech and faretech company with offices in Haarlem, Hamburg, Stockholm, and Novi Sad that develops customized software solutions with a focus on open banking and public transport systems. Ximedes currently offers services in the Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia with the aim of providing innovative transaction-based products and services across Europe. As a fast-growing player in the fintech industry, Ximedes supports banks in developing new services to remain competitive in the fintech market. In the fartech market, Ximedes is responding to the rapid changes in the mobility industry by offering technology solutions that enable various services, from mobile ticketing to mobility-as-a-service. For more information, visit www.ximedes.com.
About Billwerk+
Billwerk+ provides a cloud-based payment-, billing-, and subscription management platform that simplifies the management and billing of recurring and consumption-based services. In this way, the Billwerk+ platform contributes significantly to the digital value chain for subscription business models. The company combines the competencies of the Danish payments company Reepay, the French subscription management provider Sofacto and the German provider Billwerk. Today, Billwerk+ employs more than 150 people at five locations: Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Montpellier, Gdansk, and Minsk.
