Bank cards can fund app or Rav-Kav purchase channels but are not documented as direct validators.
Mobile wallet
Partial
Rav-Pass, Moovit, Pango, egg
Source: Israel public transport apps Approved public-transport payment apps can provide a digital fare; account and validation rules apply.
Paper single-ride ticket
Source: Mynet Cfir paper-ticket phase-out Cfir's new station machines replaced ordinary paper-ticket sales with reusable anonymous Rav-Kav cards. Narrow legacy or eligibility references remain in fare information, so paper tickets are recorded as deprecated rather than a current general visitor medium.
Visitor pass
Partial
Anonymous Rav-Kav fare products Visitor suitability depends on the fare product and registration channel.
Purchase and top-up
Ticket purchase
Cash
Partial
Source: Cfir Rav-Kav loading Cfir states that some station machines accept both banknotes or coins and cards, while other machines are card-only. Cash transactions are subject to coin and change limits.
Bank card
Yes
Source: Cfir Rav-Kav loading Cfir confirms that station machines accept credit cards for buying or loading Rav-Kav fare products, with no minimum card-purchase amount.
Contactless card
Partial
Source: Cfir Rav-Kav loading Contactless-capable bank cards can use the documented card-payment channel, but Cfir does not promise an NFC tap interface at every machine; riders may need to insert the card.
Mobile wallet
No
Cfir documents physical bank cards and cash as the station-machine payment methods. Approved mobile fare apps are a separate validation channel and are not presented as machine payment.
QR payment
No
QR app fares are validated through the approved mobile apps rather than scanned as payment at the station ticket machine.