Wearable payments

The deployment comes as Singapore is in the midst of a broad digital initiative for the entire city.

The Internet of Things may be ripe for development, but the process of adding secure payments to Internet-connected products is an evolving concept.

Israeli mobile technology company On Track Innovations (OTI) hopes to cash in on the trend toward fashion-direct payments by embedding transaction functions inside a ring.

Google's Android Wear products came to market well ahead of the Apple Watch, but in one category they have always been a step behind: contactless payments.

The newest Samsung smartwatch will include the Samsung Pay mobile wallet to allow users to make payments at terminals that accept swipe or contactless payments.