App can help you Leap onto bus and train

A Leap Card app has been launched that will allow some users check their card balance and instantly top-up their credit by touching their card against their phones.

Leap Card holders with a Google Play account and a Near Field Communications-enabled smartphone, which runs Android operating system 4.4 KitKat or newer, can download the Leap Top-Up App, which was made available yesterday.

National Transport Authority chief executive Anne Graham said the development came in response to bus users who wanted a more convenient way to top up their Leap Card.