Payment Device Conversion Service
As a custom service, we will attempt to convert certain (see below) bank or payment contactless-only mini cards, fobs, or devices (cannot have contact chip) into an implant by removing and encapsulating the payment chip or chip + antenna inlay with our specially formulated biopolymer coating. This is the same coating we use to make all of our Flex line devices. Conversion does come with some caveats!
- Conversion cannot be guaranteed. We will make our best effort.
- We can only offer a 50% refund on any failed conversions.
- Traditional payment cards do expire and will need replacing!
$199.00
Conversion Service
While VivoKey is working on a legitimate payment implant solution, some people just don’t want to wait! So, we are offering a payment card conversion service. We will attempt to convert your contactless payment device into a flex implant using our special biopolymer coating technique. It is important to note that we have not yet been successful converting a “dual interface” card – i.e. a payment card with contact chip AND contactless payment. We have had good success with converting contactless-only payment devices like mini cards and certain wearables with contactless payment modules inside.
Warnings (READ!)
- Standard contactless payment cards like these are meant to be disposable. They will eventually expire, and there will be no way to renew them or use them after they expire. You will have to either leave the device implanted but useless, or remove / replace it.
- Banks and payment vendors expect these products to be disposable, and may force a change on customers that will invalidate the current product, even before the expiration date. Many times new cards are issued due to actions like this and the old cards are inactivated. If this happens, your implant will be made inactive well before the expiration date.
- We ship converted payment implants in a Tyvek pouch which has been sterilized in our gas plasma system. We place a lot tracking label on this pouch, but the integrity of the sterility of the device is up to you to maintain. We place the pouch into a sealed polymer bag to reduce the chances of moisture, skin oils, and other potential contaminants from penetrating the porous paper backing on the Tyvek sterilization pouch. This will not protect your device’s sterility from excessive handling! Do not touch or handle the bagged product prior to installation by a professional. The biopolymer used is not safe to autoclave, so unless your professional has access to an EO gas or gas plasma sterilization system, they will not be able to re-sterilize it for you.
Known Payment Devices
Purewrist (USA)
The Purewrist GO wristband houses a prepaid contactless card module that slides into the wristband to make payments.
- Purchase a Purewrist GO wristband that comes with the insert card.
- Take note of card number on the card
- When you are ready to proceed, follow these Steps To Conversion.
- Final device will be 8mm wide x 37mm long x 0.5mm thick
LAKS Mini Card (Europe)
The Mini card is a small plastic card that looks like a large SIM card or a narrow SD memory card. It pops out of a standard credit card sized carrier and is designed to be slid into certain LAKS wristbands or keychain products. It is an assignable payment device, meaning it can work with several payment services and banks including iCard, ABN AMRO, KBC, CBC, Nordia, Rabobank, etc.
- Check the LAKS website to ensure your bank works with LAKS payment cards.
- Purchase a product that comes with a “Mini” insert card like the Sili bracelet or Key2Pay Mini.
- Take note of the special code to activate the Mini card
- When you are ready to proceed, follow these Steps To Conversion.
- Final device will be 17mm wide x 27mm long x 0.5mm thick
MuchBetter (UK)
The MuchBetter keyfob is a contactless wearable accessory for MuchBetter accounts.
- Purchase the keyfob from MuchBetter
- Take note of the special code printed on the keyfob to activate the device
- When you are ready to proceed, follow these Steps To Conversion.
- Final device will be 8mm wide x 28mm long x 0.5mm thick
VIMpay (Germany)
The VIMpay GO v2 contactless mini card module is used to slide into wearables and key fobs, and can be converted into a flexible implant.
- Check the VIMpay website to ensure your bank works with VIMpay.
- Purchase a VIMpay GO v2 card or wearable that comes with an insert card. One such source is Amazon.de.
- Take note of the special code on the card
- When you are ready to proceed, follow these Steps To Conversion.
- Final device will be 17mm wide x 27mm long x 0.5mm thick
Helgeland Sparebank (Norway)
Helgeland Sparebank offers a mini card module to their customers which can be converted into an implantable payment device.
- Purchase a mini card from Helgeland Sparebank
- Take note of the special code on the card
- When you are ready to proceed, follow these Steps To Conversion.
- Final device will be 17mm wide x 27mm long x 0.5mm thick
Westpac (Australia)
Westpac offers a PayWear mini card module to their customers which can be converted into an implantable payment device.
- Purchase a PayWear mini card from Westpac
- Take note of the special code on the card
- When you are ready to proceed, follow these Steps To Conversion.
- Final device will be 17mm wide x 27mm long x 0.5mm thick
New / Unknown Devices
If you want to convert something that is new or unknown, contact us via the floaty help button at the lower right of this website, or post to our forum in the support category. We will make an educated guess as to whether or not conversion is possible.
Steps To Conversion
- Step 1 – Locate a doctor or body modification artist willing to perform the installation! Do this first please. If you need assistance, check our partner map first. If you are unable to locate a professional, you can follow this guide for approaching a professional in your area. Finally, sometimes the wonderful people on our community forum have experience with professionals who have performed their installations, but are not on our partner map.
- Step 2 – Take note of any account numbers or payment ID information on the micro-card before shipping to us. You should also consider setting up your account with the payment service, bank, or vendor and making a working payment to confirm it works how you expect it to work.
- Step 3 – Take note of the expiration date. This may be printed on the product box or packaging the card came in, or on an insert inside the packaging. Put this date in your calendar as “Payment implant death date” so you know when to expect to schedule a removal or replacement procedure.
- Step 4 – Purchase this service. Be sure to use your correct return shipping address under the shipping details section when checking out. You will receive shipping instructions in the order confirmation email. Be sure to read the order confirmation email!
- Step 5 – Print the order confirmation email you will receive with your information on it and place it into a box along with the micro-card and ship it to us.
- Step 6 – Reply to the order confirmation email you received with tracking information for your shipment!
- Step 7 – Wait. We do not schedule conversions, however it typically takes a week to process the card for conversion once we receive it.
- Step 8 – We ship the converted card back to you at the shipping address given during checkout. In the event of a conversion failure, we will ship any remains of the attempt to you and refund you 50% of the service fee.