Visa introduceert betaalring met NFC voor sporters van Team Visa op Rio 2016
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Visa Inc., de exclusieve betalingsleverancier van de Olympische en Paralympische Spelen, heeft vandaag een nieuwe innovatie voor de Spelen van Rio geïntroduceerd: de eerste ring voor betalingen met een Visa-account. In Rio krijgen alle atleten van Team Visa deze wearable voor Visa-betalingen. Dit team bestaat uit 45 olympiërs uit alle delen van de wereld die Visa’s waarden van acceptatie, samenwerking en innovatie belichamen. De betaalring heeft NFC-mogelijkheden, wat sporters van Team Visa in staat stelt aankopen te doen door hun ring slechts een enkele keer tegen een betaalterminal met NFC-functionaliteit te tikken.
De ring zorgt dankzij zijn kernfuncties voor een unieke betaalervaring. De ring maakt gebruik va de het gepatenteerde NFC Ring® -ontwerp van McLear & Co, dat bestaat uit een beveiligde microchip van Gemalto, met een ingebouwde NFC-antenne voor contactloos betalen. Anders dan andere wearables voor betalingen, heeft de ring geen batterij nodig, noch een oplader. Het apparaat is ook waterbestendig tot een diepte van vijftig meter, wat betekent dat sporters van Team Visa en goudenmedaillewinnares direct uit het zwembad kan stappen om te betalen met een tikje van haar ring.
Visa Introduces NFC-Enabled Payment Ring for Team Visa Sponsored Athletes to Use at Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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 payment wearable ring backed by a Visa account. The Visa payment ring will be given to all Team Visa athletes in Rio, a group of 45 Olympic hopefuls from around the world who embody Visa’s values of acceptance, partnership and innovation. The Visa payment ring is NFC-enabled, allowing Team Visa athletes to make purchases by simply tapping their ring at any NFC-capable payment terminal.
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This Visa payment ring is the first-ever NFC-enabled, tokenized payment ring. Visa created the ring for its Team Visa athletes competing in the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Photo: Business Wire)Key features of the ring make this a unique payment experience. The ring uses the patented NFC Ring® design of McLear & Co. that includes a secure microchip made by Gemalto, with an embedded NFC-enabled antenna, enabling contactless payment capabilities. Unlike many other payment wearables, the ring does not require use of a battery or recharging. It is also water resistant to a depth of 50 meters, meaning Team Visa athlete and Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin can go from the pool to payment all with the tap of her ring.
In addition, at an event in New York City today, Visa demonstrated an advanced prototype version of the Visa payment ring, which uses token technology provided through Visa Token Service, making it the first tokenized payment ring. Visa’s token technology replaces sensitive payment information, such as the 16-digit account number, with a unique digital identifier that can be used to process payments without exposing actual account details.
“Visa’s first payment ring puts smart payment technology right on the hands of our athletes for convenient and easy payments,” said Jim McCarthy, executive vice president of innovation and strategic partnerships at Visa Inc. “This ring is the latest example of how Visa is continuously innovating to deliver on its goal of universal acceptance at the games and across the world.”
Athletes and fans will also be able to use their Visa accounts leading up to, and at the Rio Games, using various new form factors. From booking and planning their trip using Visa Checkout or making purchases at the games on their mobile phone, both experiences are first-time offerings for Rio 2016, enabling athletes and fans to swipe, tap, dip or click to pay during their Olympic experience.
“As an Olympian, rings have a special meaning to me,” said Missy Franklin, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and Team Visa athlete. “The Visa ring is a great innovation that I know all the athletes competing in Rio will enjoy as it will be great to go from a competition to purchase without having to carry a wallet or card.”
As the exclusive payment provider of the Olympic Games, Visa is creating and managing the entire payment system infrastructure and network throughout all venues including stadiums, press centers, point-of-sale (POS), the Olympic Village and Olympic Superstores. In Rio, Visa will implement approximately 4,000 NFC-enabled POS terminals capable of accepting mobile and wearable payments across key Olympic venues, the US Olympic Committee’s USA House and Copacabana Megastore.
As the payments industry increasingly shifts from plastic to digital, new technology advances from Visa and its partners are bringing consumers a simple and more secure purchasing experience.
About Visa Inc.: Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable electronic payments. We operate one of the world’s most advanced processing networks — VisaNet — that is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa’s innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, pay ahead of time with prepaid or pay later with credit products. For more information, visit usa.visa.com/about-visa, visacorporate.tumblr.com and @VisaNews.
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