NFC Ring was first demonstrated in 2015 in conjunction with payments provider Visa. After being successfully crowd-funded on Kickstarter, the first production units were given to athletes ...

Remember that NFC Ring Kickstarter from three years ago? Well the payment ring is now finally ready for prime time, as pre-orders have kicked off today with support for mobile payments. The new NFC ...

Infineon Technologies AG 's IFNNY highly energy-efficient payment security chip has enabled the world's first EMVCo compliant payment ring. NFCRing Inc. has launched a tiny, water-proof smart wearable ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the exclusive payment provider at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, today introduced a new innovation for use at the Rio 2016 Games – the first ...

Visa is hoping to drive a resurgence in interest for wearables by rolling out a payment ring allowing athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to make purchases by tapping the accessory against any ...

Wearable payments are looking hot in Australia, where the NFC payments infrastructure is dense and several large banks including Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ANZ were among the first to announce ...

Near Field Communication (NFC) – the “mobile wallet” technology – hasn’t exactly gone mainstream yet. And experts don’t expect it will anytime soon, even with some high-profile promo at the upcoming ...

We've seen several tech-enabled rings in the last few years, from failed attempts at turning them into gesture motion controllers, to new ones that prevent a partner from streaming a new TV show ...

The 45 members of Team Visa, which include Olympic and Paralympic athletes, will test the wearable in Brazil. Some of the athletes heading to the Olympic Games in Rio this summer will be sporting a ...

High fashion and contactless payments collided this week on the catwalk at the London Fashion Week event as Near Field Communication rings stole the show. VIP guests at the show were given rings with ...

The smart ring maker said it's on track to generate $1 billion in revenue this year. Now it's setting its sights beyond ...

This is probably pretty far down everyone’s list of necessary Olympic athletic equipment to pack for the 2016 Rio games, but Visa’s gonna be Visa, because it’s everywhere you want to be and life takes ...