Visa and The Rio Olympics To Get In The NFC Chip Wristband Game.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Elias, Jennifer
- Source
- Forbes.com; 9/25/2015, p74-74, 1p, 1 Color Photograph
- Subject
- PAYMENT systems
OLYMPIC Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
WEARABLE technology
ELECTRONIC funds transfers
BIOMETRIC identification
EQUIPMENT & supplies
- Language
The article focuses on the payment options showcased by multinational financial services firm Visa for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Topics covered include the introduction of the wearable chip-embedded Disney MagicBand, the availability of Visa payments on applications such as Apple Pay and the creation of a biometric machine that reads fingerprints from a hand swipe.