NEW YORK; June 8, 2015 – Accenture has released the next generation of its Accenture Fare Management Solution (AFMS), which is implemented on the Microsoft Azure cloud and expands its offering for transit fare collection to an as-a-service model for both large and mid-size transit agencies. By combining the cloud and the existing open architecture of AFMS, Accenture can provide a flexible and scalable solution using a single, central customer account with real-time payments regardless of agency size. It can be integrated into an existing technology infrastructure without requiring additional hardware.