DTB & Premier Bank Kenya Launch NFC Wearables for Tap-and-Pay

Diamond Trust Bank and Premier Bank Kenya have introduced NFC-powered wearables to enable tap-and-pay transactions, reviving a concept first attempted by Safaricom with M-PESA 1Tap a decade ago. This marks a renewed effort by Kenyan banks to bring effortless contactless payments to customers. In contrast, Apple has expanded its Tap to Pay service to Malaysia, now covering over 50 countries globally, but Kenya remains conspicuously absent from this list. Meanwhile, Safaricom has released update version 5.1.5 for its My OneApp, restoring the popular Favourites tab and improving navigation, focusing on app refinement rather than payment innovation.