"PulseWallet" which allows you to pay shopping by holding the palm and vein authentication

There are cases where you verify your identity using biometrics such as using fingerprint authentication when logging in to a PC or smartphone, iPhone 5s also includes features to purchase content and applications on iTunes and App Store using fingerprint authentication It is. While it is not uncommon to make identity verification by biometrics authentication, a new device equipped with a vein authentication reader on a credit card processing terminal, reading a vein of the palm and allowing shopping to be paid "PulseWallet"Has appeared.

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Blood money: Pulse Wallet lets you pay with your veins | The Verge
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PulseWallet is a vein authentication device developed and sold by FujitsuPalmSecureEquipped with an infrared camera. When you first use PulseWallet, you can register vein information, phone number, credit card information from the device, you can shop by palm alone.


When shopping with PulseWallet, hold the palm over the device and enter the registered phone number. The registered phone number plays the same role as the PIN code called by credit card.

According to Matt Saricicek, Chief Technology Officer at PulseWallet, "The shape of the palm vein does not change much after 8 years of age, so there is no need to register a vein in accordance with growth," said Matt Saricicek, Mentioned. According to Fujitsu, who developed PalmSecure,Vein authentication system accuracy is 99.99992%It is definitely close to 100%. The accuracy of PulseWallet is improved to 100% by adopting 2-step authentication of vein and telephone number.


Registered vein information and phone number are encrypted and then stored on Amazon's server. However, many people are worried about preserving important data in the cloud, Saricicek said "We are the most important thing with security, which is the most difficult thing, but if a hacker is a user Even if you get the data, it makes no sense unless there is a vein database to query. "

PulseWallet is now recruiting business partners on the official website, writing articles. A credit card settlement is possible with a smartphoneSquare"It has been very successful, such as being introduced by all Starbucks stores in the USA, and whether future PulseWallet can become a device that follows the Square is noteworthy in the future.