New payment gloves trialled over Christmas period.
You may soon be able to pay for your shopping with an item of clothing, as Barclaycard is trialling new ‘contactless payment gloves’.
Barclaycard surveyed 2,000 people on which wearable item that could be used for payment they would like to see developed. And gloves topped the poll, ahead of rings and bracelets.
[SPOTLIGHT]As a result, new ‘tap and pay’ woollen gloves are being trialled during the Christmas period. The gloves are embedded with a contactless chip that can be linked to a credit or debit card.
You can use it to pay for transactions of up to £20 – you just tap the glove against the contactless terminal in the shop and the payment goes through immediately.
Barclaycard says that if the trial goes well they may go into full production next year.
Earlier this year Barclaycard trialled bPay contactless wristbands as a method of payment.
Meanwhile, Nationwide has launched real-time account information on Android Wear smartwatches.
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