Could The Barclaycard B-Pay Wristband Be The Way Forward For Festivals?

 

Remember the times when standing in long queues, waiting endlessly for the person ahead of you to finish so that you could finally get hold of your ticket and enter the venue on time? Well, if Barclaycard has anything to say about it, we may just find that waiting period substantially reduced. In the newest piece of wearable technology, in the line of work of Apple & Google, Barclaycard has recently launched the B-Pay wristband – an innovative concept that customers can use for contactless payments.

 

Envisioned for a daily use cycle for activities like travel, shopping and leisure, the wristband could be a big hit when included for outdoor events such as sports events as well as music concerts. So imagine beating that endless line, with the simple swipe of your wristband! Its simple. The device uses the contactless payment technology in Barclays’ credit and debit cards, which lets users make payments by scanning them against one of 300,000 UK terminals. Retailers pay a small fee to card providers on the transactions.

 

The company had already decided to distribute its bands at events, including the British Summer Time music festival, which it sponsors, ahead of a consumer release next year. Barclaycard plans to make the bands free of charge and will allow them to be used by the majority of UK card users, not just its own customers! With the advent of said technology, we maybe entering a new era of contactless payments, making the viewer experience at Gigs and Festivals a lot more easier and comfortable.