Wallets

With phone-based payment options coming on strong, the need to carry a wallet is slowly diminishing. Stympro Tech aims to make the wallet relevant again with four capabilities that are truly useful for iPhone users. Oh, and it holds cards too.

The Ekster 3.0 is the latest trackable wallet to hit the scene, and featuring voice control and clever card-dispensing mechanism, has more than a few handy tricks up its sleeve.

For chronically forgetful folk who are always losing their keys or wallet, it’s not hard to find trackers that beep and buzz to help locate them. Sydney startup HButler claims its new Orbit Card is the world’s thinnest Bluetooth tracker, and New Atlas went hands on to test its tracking prowess.

​What do Coin, Plastc and Swyp have in common? They're all electronic charge cards that multiple other cards can be digitally loaded onto. Unfortunately, Coin is no longer being manufactured, and Plastc is out of business. That leaves Swyp, which has a new competitor in the form of the Fuze Card.

We've seen E-Ink used in shoes and fashion accessories and it was only a matter of time before someone decided to to integrate it in a wallet. Meet the Wonder Wallet.

From smart cards to mobile payment services, we’ve seen plenty of smart payment solutions, all vying for the attention of tech-savvy consumers. The Spendwallet is the latest of the bunch, offering a slick-looking, all-in-one wallet that opts for an in-house magnetic field technology instead of NFC.

Losing a wallet is always a massive headache. In order to prevent such incidents, a team of designers has created a smart wallet range enabled with wireless technology, which they claim makes the wallet and its contents 100 percent secure.

For something so easily misplaced, a lost wallet can cause an inordinate amount of hassle. The people behind Walli are aiming to save forgetful folk from such hassles, by giving their smartphone a nudge when the wallet or some of its contents are left behind.​​

Survival has been migrating out of backpacks and dedicated kits and into everyday things. Now it's available in an even more essential piece of everyday carry: the wallet. The ParaWallet wraps your $5 and $10 bills in knot-tying, fire-starting capabilities.

Described as a "smart wallet," the Wocket is designed to securely store electronic versions of your various cards, plus it features a swipe-able physical card that can be programmed for single uses.

Mobile payments business Loop has circumvented this requirement by using technology that is already built into the vast majority of payment terminals.

PUSH is a smartphone case with a small drawer that pops out when the user pushes a button located on the back. Once closed, the device is designed to lock tight, preventing cards from falling out in the event that the phone is dropped.