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STMicroelectronics Simplifies Design-in of Secure Mobile-Transaction Capability for Wearables

Development ecosystem leverages proven secure-hardware devices, minimizes solution footprint.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Wearables like smart watches could challenge smartphones as the main hub for digital lifestyles now that a new product-development ecosystem from STMicroelectronics simplifies adding stronger security for mobile transactions.   More than half a billion wearable devices will be connected to the Internet by 2019: a potentially huge user base that could enjoy making convenient mobile payments with a secure device that is more natural to use than a card or smartphone.   ST’s new development ecos...

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