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Transform any wearable into

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Scaling wearables worldwide

DIGISEQ said its tech is used in more than 300 different
types of wearables from a wide range of brands, including
renowned high-end designers like Phillippe Starck, wear-
able item brands AdornPay and LAKS, and most recently,
financial super app Curve—bringing large-scale wearable
payment tech to the UK fintech's 4 million customers across
IGISEQ, a wearable payments fintech, in more than 30 countries.
partnership with financial super app, Curve,
launched a new POS solution designed to help
D wearable payment technology scale globally. In 2022, DIGISEQ achieved a world-first wearable tech roll-
out to Spanish Liga football club Real Betis, with 80,000 key
Powered by DIGISEQ's contactless payment technology fobs that work as contactless payment devices and season
and Curve's app, the solution embeds an NFC chip into tickets, improving venue entry and payment times, com-
wearables, allowing brands to create tokenized, passive bined with secure ID for a much more enjoyable experience.
POS wearables, the company stated.
In mid-2022, DIGISEQ's tech was used by Mastercard to
Terrie Smith, DIGISEQ co-founder and global ambassador, power sustainable prepaid contactless fobs at the Roland-
stated the solution is compatible with rings, wristbands, Garros French Open tennis tournament – made from dis-
clothing and other stylish wearables. "In addition to pay- carded apple skins, this was a fantastic example of how
ments, DIGISEQ's solution can bring a much richer con- DIGISEQ is reducing plastic usage and helping companies
sumer interaction experience with 'Promo-Ready'—simply align products with ESG objectives through sustainable,
tap your wearable against your NFC smartphone to receive stylish and practical items that consumers love.
offers, upgrade your account, see your account balance, and
more," she said. Smith further noted that until recently, Security, ease of use
consumers were restricted to active wearables with screen
interfaces and limited battery lives, like smartwatches. By Smith went on to say that DIGISEQ tokenizes user data in
contrast, DIGISEQ's passive, non-battery-operated wear- the same way as card and phone NFC payments are to-
ables enable brands to stay connected with customers. kenized. DIGISEQ's wearable tech also protects merchants,
she noted, by eliminating the need for secure, on-site cash
Personalization at scale facilities, which saves cash-handling costs.
DIGISEQ's Manage-Mii mobile app can be downloaded By extending contactless payments beyond card and mobile
onto any Android or iOS-enabled device, the company stat- phone payments, and onto items that customers wear at all
ed, noting its support teams can help brands get products times, businesses can now become more deeply embedded
approved and running in as little as two weeks. Remote, into their customers' everyday lives, Smith noted, which
over-the-air payment data provisioning creates instant ac- helps improve efficiencies, security and ease of use. Cus-
tivations and contactless payments acceptance, they added, tomers who wear their payment technology will no longer
enabling customers to transact with wearables anywhere need to reach for their phones or cards, she added, which
contactless cards, phones and digital wallets are accepted.
makes contactless transaction times and operational flows
even faster while shortening queuing times while driving
DIGISEQ's IoT platform's end-to-end service connects more revenue to businesses. "The past 18 months have been
banks, product creators, retailers, chip manufacturers and an incredibly exciting time for DIGISEQ, with our technol-
service providers, which the company explained provides ogy having been employed to great effect by globally [rec-
the infrastructure, partners, hardware, and security sys- ognized] names," Smith said. "The partnership with Curve
tems to create and support wearable technology.
really is the icing on the cake."
"At DIGISEQ, we strive to create unprecedented standards
of convenience and control – to make the wallet redundant, Company: DIGISEQ
money contactless and identification simple and secure,"
Smith said, adding that all products and services are brand- Product: Manage-Mii mobile app
able and customizable. In addition, because customers wear Website: https://digiseq.co.uk
these items, they are less likely to be lost or misplaced, she
said. Contact: sales@digiseq.co.uk

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