Contactless payment has long since overtaken cash payments. With the Smart Ring CNICK, you can not only make contactless payments with your finger, but also use it as a key for Tesla vehicles. After the popular McLEAR ring Pre-Paid program needs to shut down on November 1st, the CNICK is here to become the perfect alternative.
CNICK: The smart ring for mobile payment
Contactless payment. A feature that many people around the world already use, and the function is becoming increasingly important. Smart Rings like the McLEAR RingPay pre-paid programme grew in popularity, but as the supplier recently announced, the programme will be shut down on November 1st.
Thankfully, the CNICK smart ring is here to become the perfect alternative: you can make contactless payments with your smart stainless steel ring. Aditionally, CNICK offers a different approach:
While McLEAR ring was a prepaid ring, requiring customers to top up the balance each time before use the CNICK ring is not prepaid. So there is no need to top up funds before using your ring. CNICK uses tokenization to ensure smooth and secure payment. This means you can pay conveniently with your finger – without a smartphone or smartwatch and without having to worry about the battery.
Whether you’re shopping in the supermarket or on a coffee break – the CNICK Ring ensures a seamless transaction in seconds. It is waterproof and its battery does not need to be charged, making it a reliable everyday companion. As a partner of Fidesmo, VISA and MasterCard, the platform supports a large number of banks, including Curve.
Curve makes it particularly easy to set up payment via CNICK in just a few minutes: A Curve card (digital or physical) is ready for use in just a few minutes and can be linked to existing VISA or MasterCards. This makes it easy to connect it to the Smart Ring. In the UK, you can even connect your own PayPal account to Curve. This allows CNICK to make payments via PayPal with the Curve card.
CNICK looks like a normal, elegant ring made of stainless steel and shining in silver or gold. The technology behind it is not visible at first glance. CNICK uses tokenization to ensure smooth and secure payment. This means you can pay conveniently with your finger – without a smartphone or smartwatch and without having to worry about the battery.
All this and much more makes CNICK the perfect successor to the popular McLEAR Ring, whose rings and prepaid payment system can no longer be used on November 1, 2024.
CNICK Smart Ring as a Tesla key
But mobile and contactless payments are not the only things possible with the CNICK. The ring enables Tesla owners to unlock and start their car without a key. The ring is simply held near the designated areas on the vehicle and the car opens.
In our test, the smart ring was completely convincing and secured the coveted Gold Award in the end:
“In the CNICK test, it was first and foremost the form factor that gives the NFC ring even more user convenience than the payment process using a smartphone or Apple Watch. This is not only due to the fact that you always wear the ring on your finger. On top of that, you don’t have to worry about a flat battery because the NFC chip is always working.”
Elegant design, high-quality workmanship
CNICK uses recycled silver to manufacture the modern rings. This gives the wearable a sustainable look without compromising on quality. After all, the smart ring is still highly durable. The silver alloy resists tarnishing up to 20 times more than conventional sterling silver.
It is also water-resistant and can be worn permanently without having to worry about damage. What’s more, you don’t have to worry about an empty battery, as the smart ring does not need to be charged.
The rings from CNICK are a truly individual gift. After all, they can be personalized to your heart’s content on the manufacturer’s official website. You can choose from elegant variants in silver, gold, black, ebony, opal and many more.
