Introducing FitPay: Payment Smartstrap for Pebble Time

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pebble_rocks 2015-09-06 17:16:26 UTC #1

I am proud to announce that a small team has created the first ever secure, contactless payment transaction on a Pebble Time this past weekend at the Pebble Rocks Boulder Hackathon event in lovely Boulder, Colorado.

The solution uses NFC, with tokenized card data stored on a secure element inside the strap. Just like Apple Pay, a simple tap at any contactless point-of-sale terminal will complete the sale. The watch will be immediately alerted to the transaction in the timeline.

We will be producing these straps as a replacement for the standard strap on the Pebble Time. If you would like to be informed of when these straps will be available and enter to win a Pebble smartwatch come and check us out at FitPay.info

SmartWatchr 2015-09-07 01:05:13 UTC #2

SmartWatchr 2015-09-09 23:35:26 UTC #3

Great idea, congratulations on being first to it! You guys plan on making it for other devices like Fitbits too?

pebble_rocks 2015-09-10 14:36:10 UTC #4

Indeed, we are. We have created a technology platform to enable payments and other secure authentication services (think transit, ticketing, access control) for ANY wearable device. We are already in conversations with some of the big players in the ecosystem and we're eager to be introduced to any device manufacturer looking for these services.