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03-11-2016, 07:45 AM
A rubber band will let you tap and pay after a swim or surf
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Australian telecommunications company Optus is pushing into the payment space with a rubber band that you can slap on your wrist to buy anything under A$100.
Using Visa Paywave tech**logy, which is already commonplace in Australia, you can put the rubber band up to any terminal to pay for a product.
The "Cash by Optus" payment band, which comes in four colours and is free for the telco's customers, is simply a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip inside a rubber band which can be popped on your wrist. It officially launched in Australia on Thursday.*
SEE ALSO: Apple Pay is coming to Australia — but only with American Express (http://mashable.com/2015/10/27/apple-pay-australia/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/optus-payment-band/)
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Australian telecommunications company Optus is pushing into the payment space with a rubber band that you can slap on your wrist to buy anything under A$100.
Using Visa Paywave tech**logy, which is already commonplace in Australia, you can put the rubber band up to any terminal to pay for a product.
The "Cash by Optus" payment band, which comes in four colours and is free for the telco's customers, is simply a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip inside a rubber band which can be popped on your wrist. It officially launched in Australia on Thursday.*
SEE ALSO: Apple Pay is coming to Australia — but only with American Express (http://mashable.com/2015/10/27/apple-pay-australia/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/optus-payment-band/)
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