Journal bmetzler's Journal: Fingerprint Payments!! 6
Cub Foods on Monday began testing a biometric payment system at its Blaine store that can access checking accounts by scanning a shopper's finger.
Called Pay By Touch, Cub executives said the technology will allow customers to purchase groceries faster and eliminate the need to carry checkbooks or debit cards.
"This is about offering shoppers the best customer service," said Trish Belisle, retail technology manager for Supervalu Inc., which owns and franchises Cub grocery stores.
Yes, this is good news indeed. Now I just need to figure out how to get up to Blaine, and hope that they roll this out to all stores ASAP.
Spiffy (Score:2)
I can't wait! (Score:2)
I think it's funny, though... they store all kinds of info on our credit/debit cards, yet they can't store our language preference somewhere. WTF is that about?!
Re:I can't wait! (Score:1)
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I bet all of that change coming out attracted a lot of attention. You should've started jumping up and down "I won, I won!'
I'm going to sound crazy here... (Score:1)
As a Christian this is good news for me and like-minded, if this means I don't have to accept a mark on my body to engage in daily commerce -- I can hardly be faulted for a "mark" that I already have.
This is a debit card type system, and I don't use those, because they're too directly-connected to my bank account for my tastes. I used to use my atm card at grocery stores, before debit cards came into being, and once the checker double-charge
Biometric authentication in a grocery store, eh? (Score:2)
If anyone uses these, please let me know about your experiences. I am genuinely interested.
My favorite part of the article:
"Cub Foods said it will not sell or release the information to any outside party, including the police." Oh really? That is one powerful grocery store.