Consumers in the European Union and the United Kingdom can now make contactless payments using an NFC implant in the hand that meets ISO 10993 biocompatibility standards.
The battery-less implant is integrated under the user’s skin and is linked to a preloaded online account, allowing the user to make contactless payments anywhere “popular credit or debit cards” are accepted.
“The Walletmor payment implant is a small device, the size of a safety pin and about half a millimeter thick, consisting of an integrated circuit and a metal sheath that acts as an antenna. , enclosed in an airtight bio-box, “said the British-Polish. start-up that developed the device explains.
“Biopolymer – technically speaking – is the so-called medical plastic for the production of medical devices, which has current biocompatibility certificates confirming compliance with ISO 10993.”
“It is important to note that the implant is a passive device and does not have its own power source,†adds Walletmor.
“It does not generate radio waves on its own and can only be activated with a contactless payment terminal, and only at a very short distance. It is impossible to follow someone with a Walletmor implant.
Once they have ordered the NFC payment implant, users open and add funds to an account on the European iCard platform before having the device implanted in a hospital, clinic or aesthetic medicine laboratory that offers the service.
“The implantation is painless and only takes 15 minutes,†says Walletmor.
A short video shows how users set up and use the Payment Implant.
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