Forget ATM; now fingers will be used to pay money!
Tourists in Japan’s Tokyo will soon be able to use their fingers as currency! Japan is all set to test this new kind of technology, called Fingerprint Currency. The tourists will not need to carry a debit/credit card or the currency. They can purchase goods, eat at restaurants, and can pay for any other activity just by using their fingers.
Fingerprint scanners will be installed on select ATM machines, shopping malls, hotels and other important places in Tokyo for this purpose.
The service is expected to be launched this summer. The project is a part of government’s efforts to attract 40 million foreign visitors to Japan by 2020.
To use this facility, the tourist would first need to register his credit card details and fingerprints at the airport. Fingerprint Currency service is targeted at tourists but Japan also has the plan to launch it for its citizens.
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