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British supermarket trials new payment system using customers’ veins

Shoppers across the country could soon be paying for goods using only their fingers
Shoppers across the country could soon be paying for goods using only their fingers

When shopping, you can often end up feeling that you are being bled dry – but a British supermarket is testing a payment system which actually uses your veins.

Thankfully, there’s no need for actual bloodshed: the Fingopay system uses an electronic reader which scans the unique pattern of veins inside people’s fingers.

The idea is that customers can pay without needing to carry their cards.

The system (under test at Brunel University) stores details of debit or credit cards securely online, matched to a customer’s unique vein pattern, so customers only need their fingers.

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The firm behind the system, Sthaler, says it is in ‘serious talks’ with other major UK supermarkets.

Nick Dryden, chief executive of Sthaler, said, ‘Today’s millennial generation now expects a higher level of ease, security and efficiency from the way that we pay.’