ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) -
The MARTA Breeze system is again accepting debit cards after a software upgrade glitch that disabled the function has been resolved.
Cubic, the San Diego-based technology vendor that designed, produced and maintains the Breeze fare collection system, worked with MARTA to fix the problems that began during Labor Day weekend.
Richard Wunderle, Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Cubic Transportation Systems' North America operations, attributed the malfunction to an upgrade mandated by credit and debit institutions to protect consumers.
"The problems came about as changes were being made to the Breeze payment systems, which were necessary in order to comply with the latest security standards from the credit and debit card industry, the Data Security Standards from the PCI Security Council," Mr. Wunderle said in a statement. "Since the issue came to light, we have been working very hard to resolve it and the necessary updates have now been applied to the systems."
Wunderle said the glitch was "an extremely unusual situation," and apologized for any inconvenience to MARTA's customers while the updates were made.
MARTA and Cubic have been operating the Breeze system for six years.
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