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 ...

For credit card VISA will be held in 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, a ring type device that enables settlement by simply holding over the NFC-compatible payment terminal "NFC RingWe announced. NFC ...

Near field communication, a.k.a. NFC, is at a turning point. Excitement for wearable technology is at an all-time high with the launch of hotly anticipated products in recent months. Few, however, ...

If you’ve passed out from a health condition, you’ll be pleased if you’re wearing an NFC ring that can help first responders link to critical medical information—simply by touching it to a smartphone.

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 ...

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 ...

That Visa-based payment ring is no longer limited to athletes who made it to the Olympics in Rio. Anyone can now pre-order an NFC Ring that lets you tap to pay at many store terminals without pulling ...

Near Field Communication, or NFC, is all the rage nowadays. You can find it on all the latest smartwatches, on NFC specific accessories, and even on ovens. Many people have wondered just what NFC ...

The barista in the coffee shop doesn’t flinch when Philip Campbell, founder of Kerv, pays for our drinks using a ring on his right ring-finger. Mind you, we are in London’s swanky East End and this ...

After originally launching his first-generation NFC Ring via the Kickstarter crowdfunding website back in 2013, John McLear has once again taken to Kickstarter to raise funds to take his second NFC ...

Near Field Communication (NFC) is something we take for granted these days. Nearly all smartphones have it. We even have NFC interfaces for all our favorite development boards. NFC’s history goes back ...