Amazon Will Let Whole Foods Shoppers Pay With a Palm Scan

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced this week that it will begin using biometric technology that will allow Whole Foods customers at the Madison Broadway store in Seattle to pay for purchases with a scan of their palm print. The system, dubbed Amazon One, allows users to link a credit card account to their palm print, which they can then use as a payment method.

Other Whole Foods stores will offer the tech in coming months, and this is likely just the beginning. Amazon plans to license the technology, which it believes will have a wide range of uses for payments and access, including at brick-and-mortar retail stores, stadiums, and office buildings.

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