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Mastercard rolls out Wallet Express program to boost digital wallet uptake in Europe

By Tom Phillips • 13 December 2023 • Updated 13 December 2023

Mastercard has launched a program that allows banks and card issuers across Europe to offer cardholders a wider range of digital wallet options for use on their smartphone or wearable device by streamlining the process of enabling support for multiple digital wallets simultaneously... More

Swatch launches contactless payments on wearables in Thailand

By Tom Phillips • 28 April 2023 • Updated 28 April 2023

Buyers of Swatch watches in Thailand can now opt to make contactless payments with their NFC wearable device using the Swiss-based company’s SwatchPay! contactless payments service. More

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Swatch brings its contactless payments service to Europe

By Sarah Clark • 18 January 2019 • Updated 26 January 2024

Fashion watch buyers in Switzerland can now choose from one of a range of four Swatch watches that come with support for SwatchPay... More

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Swatch partners with eleven Chinese banks for second-generation payments watch

By Sarah Clark • 18 July 2017 • Updated 28 April 2023

Four new NFC smart watches that make use of China UnionPay’s cloud-based payments service have been unveiled in Shanghai by Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek... More

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What’s New in Payments: Leading international innovators explain the latest payments trends and technologies in free special report

By Christopher Brown • 16 February 2017 • Updated 18 January 2019

Senior executives from Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Barclaycard, Swatch and CaixaBank are among 12 leading payments innovators who have contributed to What’s New in Payments, a 104-page special report that is now available to download free of charge from the NFC World Knowledge Centre... More

Swatch to build OS for smartwatches

By Rian Boden • 10 February 2017 • Updated 10 February 2017

Swiss watchmaker Swatch is working on its own operating system for smartwatches, built in conjunction with research and technology provider CSEM... More

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Swatch Bellamy launches in Brazil in time for Rio 2016

By Rian Boden • 7 July 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019

Swiss luxury watchmaker Swatch has launched its Swatch Bellamy NFC payments watch in Brazil in partnership with Visa in time for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More

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Swatch to take NFC to Switzerland with OT

By Rian Boden • 16 June 2016 • Updated 21 November 2023

Swiss luxury watchmaker Swatch has partnered with Oberthur Technologies (OT) to provide NFC payments to customers in Switzerland through its Swatch Bellamy watch range... More

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Swatch Bellamy to launch with Cornèr Bank in mid-June

By Rian Boden • 11 May 2016 • Updated 17 July 2023

Cornèr Bank has signed an agreement with Swiss luxury watchmaker Swatch to make its Cornèrcard available for payments on the Swatch Bellamy NFC watch from mid-June... More

Swatch to focus on mass market smartwatches

By Rian Boden • 18 March 2016 • Updated 16 August 2019

Luxury watchmaker Swatch will focus its smartwatch activities on its plastic Swatch brand before considering the technology for its pricier models... More

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Swatch and Visa to take Bellamy smartwatch to Rio Olympics

By Rian Boden • 25 January 2016 • Updated 25 January 2016

Visitors to this summer’s Rio 2016 Olympics will be able to use luxury watchmaker Swatch’s Bellamy NFC smartwatch to pay for event passes, according to the Financial Times... More

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Swatch confirms payment watch launch in US, Switzerland and Brazil

By Rian Boden • 30 November 2015

Swiss luxury watchmaker Swatch has confirmed that it has signed an agreement with Visa and Visa Europe to enable eligible cardholders in the US, Switzerland and Brazil to tap and pay with the Swatch Bellamy watch. More

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Swatch partners with Visa to roll out NFC payment watch in US and Switzerland

By Rian Boden • 26 November 2015 • Updated 27 January 2019

Luxury watchmaker Swatch has signed a contract with Visa to roll out its Bellamy NFC payment watch following its debut in China in October 2015... More

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G&D provides NFC chip and operating system for Swatch smartwatch

By Mike Clark • 4 November 2015 • Updated 27 January 2019

PARTNER NEWS: Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is providing the embedded smart card chip and operating system used in the NFC contactless payment smartwatch launched by Swatch in China last month... More

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Swatch launches NFC payment watch in China

By Rian Boden • 14 October 2015 • Updated 27 January 2019

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has launched an NFC watch in China in partnership with China UnionPay and Bank of Communications that will let consumers make payments with a tap of their wrist in stores across the country. More

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Swatch smartwatch to launch in two countries

By Rian Boden • 1 June 2015 • Updated 5 February 2019

Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group is to launch its NFC smartwatch in two countries this summer, Switzerland and “one big country”, CEO Nick Hayek revealed during the company’s annual general meeting... More

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Bulgari unveils luxury NFC smartwatch

By Christopher Brown • 20 March 2015 • Updated 27 January 2019

Italian jewellery brand Bulgari will enter the luxury smartwatch market next year when it launches the NFC-enabled Diagono Magnesium watch – allowing users to make contactless payments, access personal data, as well as unlocking doors at home, at work, or on their own car or yacht... More

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Swatch CEO discusses NFC watch plans

By Sarah Clark • 13 March 2015 • Updated 27 January 2019

Swatch will launch its first watch containing an NFC chip within two months, CEO Nick Hayek has announced — and deals signed with China UnionPay as well as one other payments network mean that owners will be able to use their watch to make payments around the world... More

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Swatch to launch NFC smartwatch

By Rian Boden • 6 February 2015 • Updated 27 January 2019

Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group is to launch a smartwatch that includes NFC and mobile payments capabilities and works with both Android and Windows phones, CEO Nick Hayek has told Bloomberg... More

Apple and Swatch team on iWatch?

By Sarah Clark • 25 July 2014 • Updated 25 July 2014

Apple is working with a number of partners, including Swatch, to release a line of smartwatches in a variety of branded styles and price points, VentureBeat reports... More

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Mastercard rolls out Wallet Express program to boost digital wallet uptake in Europe

Swatch launches contactless payments on wearables in Thailand

Swatch brings its contactless payments service to Europe

Swatch partners with eleven Chinese banks for second-generation payments watch

Swatch to build OS for smartwatches

Swatch Bellamy launches in Brazil in time for Rio 2016

Swatch to take NFC to Switzerland with OT

Swatch Bellamy to launch with Cornèr Bank in mid-June

Swatch to focus on mass market smartwatches

Swatch and Visa to take Bellamy smartwatch to Rio Olympics

Swatch confirms payment watch launch in US, Switzerland and Brazil

Swatch partners with Visa to roll out NFC payment watch in US and Switzerland

G&D provides NFC chip and operating system for Swatch smartwatch

Swatch launches NFC payment watch in China

Swatch smartwatch to launch in two countries

Bulgari unveils luxury NFC smartwatch

Swatch CEO discusses NFC watch plans

Swatch to launch NFC smartwatch

Apple and Swatch team on iWatch?