...card, but then they made it so the swiping of a mag[netic] stripe worked just as a fast and just as cheap to the merchant as a contactless card. Most...

...Topshop X bPay, a range of accessories containing contactless payment technology. The range, which initially included items such as wristbands and stickers, received a sleek makeover in June 2016 with...

...San Francisco-based studio NewDealDesign have designed Scrip, a tactile payment device that aims to replace cash and contactless cards. While the accessory is currently a speculative project, it offers...

...wearable technology into the bedroom. Via Dezeen. –Visa’s new contactless payment-enabled sunglasses will debut at the 2017 World Surf League competition. Via the Verge. –The “fourth industrial revolution,” an era...

...in which an NFC chip in the wristband enables contactless payments. The company, which is looking to license its technology into other wearables, recently raised $14 million in a Series...

...beforehand. Last year Disney started rolling out its NFC-enabled MagicBand, a wristband that lets Disney World attendees make contactless payments and acts as a park pass, among other things. Disney...

...Times reports that Barcelona is set to become one of Europe’s biggest adopters of contactless-payment cards and terminals. –Mashable looks at how the new domain registry options might affect brands....

...The latest innovation in contactless payments may be a throwback: microchip-embedded wristwatches that enable small mobile payments. Watch2pay, which has adopted the tagline “Time is money,” uses MasterCard’s PayPass...