Hanaro Card is contactless

smart card A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC or IC card) is a physical electronic authentication device, used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit (IC) c ...

used in the public transportation system in

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...

, South Korea. First used in 1997, the Hanaro Card is now also used for paying at parking lots and toll booths. The Hanaro system was adopted by Busan City in February 1998. This created the first integrated transport smart payment system in the world.Murthy V. A. Bondada (ed), ''Urban Public Transportation Systems'', p. 454, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000 .

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