VezoPay, the South African company behind a battery-free tap-to-pay smart ring, has quietly gone live with Investec and Absa, taking its roster of banking partners to four in under a year. Each institution runs its own internal governance and approval process, followed by a separate South African Reserve Bank sign-off. The gold ring has been reworked with more bevelled edges after buyers complained it caught between the fingers, and has moved from 21-carat to 18-carat. One bank card can be tokenised at a time. Beyond South Africa, two banks in Mauritius are testing the product, with beta programmes under way in three other African markets.