Cheapest tap-to-pay enabled smartphones in South Africa — all under R3,000
There are several affordable phone options for South Africans wanting to ditch their physical wallet in favour of a tap-to-pay-enabled smartphone.
For a smartphone to be capable of making tap payments using Google Pay...
Cheapest smartphones for Google Pay in South Africa — all under R4,000
There are numerous smartphones in South Africa under R4,000 that feature near-field communications (NFC) technology for using Google Pay.
One of the often-overlooked features of a smartphone, NFC, is a short-range wireless...
Smartphone tap payments in South Africa — these are the banks with the most options
Most South African banks now support all major digital wallets that let you transact by tapping your smartphone or smartwatch at a contactless-enabled paypoint.
Apple Pay, Garmin Pay, Google Pay, Fitbit Pay...
absa
apple pay
capitec
contactless payment
discovery bank
first national bank (fnb)
fitbit pay
garmin pay
google pay
investec
nearfieldcommunications (nfc)
nedbank
samsung pay
standard bank
Chip embedded in skin lets biohacker tap to pay with his hand
A Netherlands resident has embedded a chip in his hand that lets him make contactless payments, BBC News reported.
Patrick Paumen, aged 37, has been able to make such payments using the chip he implanted in his hand since 2019.
Woolworths launches tap-and-go shopping
Woolworths has announced the launch of a pilot Near Field Communications (NFC) system in several of its stores to allow customers to browse, try on, and order products by tapping their phones on NFC tags at various locations in-store.
"This latest...
Dual-SIM for your iPhone, Galaxy S4
Two SIM cards installed in a single SIM slot will soon be possible as Taisys brings its thin SIM products to the continent through SA