MILAN (ITALPRESS) – The future of digital payments arrives at the Salone dei Pagamenti in Milan, where Intesa Sanpaolo and Visa presented SkiTap26, a bracelet designed especially for those who attend the mountain, conceived in view of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina 2026. The device is realized in collaboration with the Swedish Tapster AB and Snowit and integrates in a single support the contactless payment and ski pass functions. Tapster’s payment technology on NFC chips (Near Field Communication) allows to associate the bracelet with its Intesa Sanpaolo card on Visa circuit and make payments with a simple “tap”, approaching the wrist to the POS. Moreover, thanks to the synergy with Snowit, the platform that is innovating the winter tourism sector, SkiTap26 is equipped with a system ( RFID technology) that makes it possible to recharge your ski pass or the SnowitPass subscription directly on the bracelet, transforming the wearable into a card for the entrance to the ski slopes agreed of over 50 locations.
The use of wearable devices for payments is growing, a sign of an evolution now rooted in everyday behaviour. Intesa Sanpaolo today proposes the most complete range of wearables and cutting-edge payment solutions, which integrate safety and innovation with the simplicity of use in the different moments of everyday life, from sport to mobility, making technology accessible and inclusive. “We offer our customers, increasingly careful to combine practicality and quality of free time, the ability to pay where, when and as they want,” explains Raffaella Mastrofilippo, responsible for Transational Products and Payment Platforms within the Banca dei Territori di Intesa Sanpaolo. “SkiTap26 represents the evolution in the world of wearable devices: from the ring, also made by Tapster, now available in various finishes and also in gold, approaches the bracelet developed in collaboration with Visa, which replaces the payment card and can also become a skipass on the wrist.” In addition to the technological advancement and the centrality of the private customer is important, Mastrofilippo explains, “work also side merchants, raising awareness of the benefits of new payment systems. “Even the exercising must be able to accept payments where, when and as it pleases”, continues Mastrofilippo, citing as an example the SoftPOS, introduced in preview by Intesa Sanpaolo in 2023, that allows to manage payments through a mobile app, and has become an excellent ally especially for small commercial realities, also in mobility, for professionals, and for third sector operators. Mastrofilippo continues by talking about the value of the synergy with isybank, the digital bank of Intesa Sanpaolo, which has a simple, fast and secure digital offer. The opportunity to use the new contactless payment methods through wearable devices has been extended to isybank customers, who can thus associate their payment card to SwatchPAY! watches, Garmin devices and also to the ring and payment bracelet developed with Tapster.
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