First pre-certified NFC payment smart ring inlay
DIGISEQ has received Mastercard certification for the first pre-certified concentric smart ring inlay based on chips from Infineon Technologies
A pre-certified inlay enables small independents and large brands to quickly and effectively launch a smart ring with payment capability. The integrated secured NFC chip also opens up other applications such as loyalty, access, events and hospitality.
The concentric ring inlay is an addition to the full range of pre-certified chip inlays based on Infineon´s SECORA Connect S SLJ37 chip and software.
The inlays are designed to be quickly and simply embedded into ring designs without the need for in-house technical or RF engineering expertise. This allows designers to focus on their own design and marketing of slender rings.
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The market volume for passive payment wearables alone is expected to grow to US$ 811.4 million by 2028, with the form factor ring growing the fastest at a CAGR of 25.6 percent to US$ 279.6 million.
The new ring inlay is one of the thinnest in the market using the 2 x 2mm SLJ37 in the ultra-compact USON8-7 surface mount package.
The pre-certified ring inlay is available from the UK manufacturing partner Universal Smart Cards. Rings with inlays will be showcased by Infineon at TRUSTECH 2023.
“The SECORA Connect S solution is especially designed for field-powered wearable implementation and allows fast and seamless enablement of contactless payments with passive wearables,” said Tolgahan Yildiz, Vice President Trusted Mobile Connectivity & Transactions at Infineon. “Our security solution is the basis for this new pre-certified plug-and-play ring inlay from our Associated Security Network partner DIGISEQ which can be easily integrated into new sleek product designs. It is great to see that DIGISEQ has successfully expanded their product portfolio allowing NFC personalization and tokenization services based on the SECORA Connect product family.”
“It’s very exciting to be part of the development of the concentric ring inlay that added a further form factor to our existing range of ‘SmarTap’ wearables inlays,” said Chris Allen, Director of Universal Smart Cards at DIGISEQ in London.
“Our range of Mastercard certified inlays enable brands and OEMs to add contactless payment, provenance and NFC customer engagement into their product portfolios with ease and at low cost. The ring inlay pushes these boundaries further; it’s by far our thinnest inlay, and yet delivers optimum performance for what has become an extremely popular jewelry piece.”
www.digiseq.co.uk; www.infineon.com/trustech; www.usmartcards.co.uk/
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