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Minimum age for a post-paid transit check card

12 yearsyears

Post-paid transit extends credit, so the age floor sits in the Specialized Credit Finance Business Act decree rather than in a card company's policy. It is the one hard statutory number in an area otherwise governed by internal assessment.

Applies to
Check cards carrying the post-paid transport function
Review cadence
Checked once a year

What we have recorded

  1. 2019-06-11
    12 years

    Widened to 12 by the amendment of this date. The amendment set the age floor — it did not create the credit character of post-paid transit, which is a common misreading.

    Enforcement Decree of the Specialized Credit Finance Business Act

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