Titan ticks with Covid times to roll out contactless payments watches

Titan Pay range, launched in tie-up with SBI, allows bank's YONO account holders to tap the watch on contactless payment POS machines without having to swipe or insert bank card\

With Covid-19 pandemic putting digital payments at the centrestage, watches-to-jewellery maker Titan has taken contactless payments to another level by rolling out the country’s first contactless payments watches. 

Called Titan Pay, the new range of watches has been launched in collaboration with State Bank of India (SBI) allowing its YONO account holders to tap the watch on contactless payment POS machines without the need of swiping or inserting the bank card. 

The watch had been in the works for over two years, the launch of which was fast-tracked after the Covid pandemic outbreak. “We already felt that this product was