Will we ever see a Xiaomi smartband with NFC in Europe? It is true, we have seen the birth of Xiaomi Mi Band 5 without NFC in our country but hope is the last to die since today, in Ukraine, the brand has entered into a sort of collaboration with Mastercard. Thanks to this, it was able to launch for the second time outside China Mi Band 4 with NFC. The first time he did this was in early June with Russia. On the one hand, this rekindles hopes, but on the other hand it makes us think: we will have to wait for the sixth version to have the NFC too?
Ukraine moves with Mastercard to launch Xiaomi Mi Band 4 with NFC: a step that everyone in Europe is waiting for
It is news today that in Ukraine Xiaomi joined a program for which it was possible to launch Xiaomi Mi Band 4 equipped with chip NFC for contactless payments. A move that we have been waiting for in Europe for a long time and unfortunately we have not even seen with the last one smartband. A disappointment considering that we were waiting for the new product almost exclusively for that, as well as for theSP02. For this last feature we double wait for the launch of Amazfit GTS 2 and GTR 2 in Europe.
Cardholders Mastercard di 10 banks will be the first to evaluate the benefits of contactless payment with the smart bracelet. The banks will be: A-Bank, Alfa-Bank Ukraine, Bank Vostok, Oschadbank, PrivatBank, FUIB, UKRGASBANK, CONCORDBANK, Monobank, UKRSIBBANK. In the future, other partners will join to banks whose customers will have access to this service.
“Contactless payments are one of the most appreciated features by Ukrainian Mi fans. That is why Ukraine is one of the first countries in the world where we launch Mi Smart Band 4 NFC. And we believe that the new bracelet will become incredibly popular in the market "
said Tony Chen, General Manager of Xiaomi in Central, Eastern, Northern Europe and the Baltic countries. “The data of the payment cards connected with the device are not transferred during payments, but they come replaced by a unique digital code, a sort of token of responsibility of the digital platform Mastercard (MDES), ”he commented Yuri Bathin, Vice President of Business Development Mastercard in Ukraine and Moldova.
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In short, although a later version has been released, the Mi Band 4 still remains functional in some countries. What are you saying, it is better to wait just a little bit more?
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