Amazon is developing technology to `` make palm a credit card ''
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It was reported that Amazon is developing a device that ' can link hand biometric information and credit card '. Once you work together, you can pay at the merchant with your palm.
Cash, Plastic or Hand? Amazon Envisions Paying With a Wave-WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cash-plastic-or-hand-amazon-envisions-paying-with-a-wave-11579352401
Amazon reportedly wants to turn your hand into a credit card
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/18/amazon-reportedly-wants-to-turn-your-hand-into-a-credit-card.html
In September 2019, the New York Post announced that 'Amazon is developing a payment system using hand biometric information.'
Amazon testing payment system that uses hands as ID
https://nypost.com/2019/09/03/amazon-testing-payment-system-that-uses-hands-as-id/
The New York Post details the details, 'The code name of the biometric authentication system is' Orville '' We're trying to improve the accuracy by a factor of one million to an accuracy of one hundred million. '
The New York Post's coverage was based solely on 'internal information on Amazon.' However, on December 26, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released a patent for a 'contactless biometric authentication system' that Amazon applied for on June 21, 2018. This confirmed that Amazon was developing a palm-based biometric authentication system.
United States Patent Application: 0190392189
The following image explains how to analyze biological information obtained from the palm, which is published in the applied patent.
The scanner that obtains biological information from the palm has the following structure.
According to the Wall Street Journal, as of January 2020, Amazon was working with Visa to test the biometric device in question, offering credit cards such as Mastercard, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Synchrony Financial They are discussing with companies that do.
The data collected from the device is stored on Amazon's cloud, and it is used to analyze consumers' 'purchasing tendency'.
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