To increase choice and convenience for commuters, LTA has launched its next generation e-payment system for public transit, Symphony for e-Payment (SeP) in December 2008.

With this new e-payment system, commuters are able to use cards issued by any card issuer for transit purposes, as long as the cards comply with the CEPAS technology standard and include the transit application. These new CEPAS-compliant cards can also be used for retail and non-transit payments such as those for Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) and Electronic Parking System (EPS) carparks.