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‘Fingerprint Payment System’ may Soon Replace Credit Cards
November 27, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Lifestyle News
The so called ‘digiPROOF fingerprint payment’ system is already very popular in Germany.
To pay for the product purchased, a customer will have to press his/her finger or thumb on to a scanner at the till, which acts as a register of customers’ prints and their bank details. The total will then be deducted from the customer’s account.
Toby Wolff who shops at the Edeka supermarket in Rulzheim, South West Germany, twice or thrice a week describes the system as “quick as a flash”. "I always use digiPROOF. It's good because it's so fast, and you don't have to bring your wallet with you," the Mirror quoted the 22-year-old graphic designer as saying.
In Germany, the technology is popular even amongst old people. "Older people like it better than young people. Sometimes when they get older, they get shortsighted and it can be embarrassing to fumble around for their coins at the till or peer at their credit cards," said Werner Schneider, store manager at the luxurious department store, Wagener Gallery.
"We introduced the system two years ago and we now have 6,000 customers using it out of a total of 15,000 regulars. It's good for the customer as it's faster and it's good for us because people who sign up tend to be more loyal shoppers," Schneider added.
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