ICYMI: Amazon's hand-scanning checkout process at Whole Foods would mark its first formal step into in-store payments technology:
working on a mobile payments offering that could be used in-store, which would further strengthen its payments push.If the hand-scanning payment method expands to Whole Foods stores nationwide, it could serve as many consumers' introduction to biometric payments beyond their mobile devices.
The opportunity to speed up checkout in a large grocery store chain could convince consumers to start using biometric payments. Whole Foods has500 stores in the US and is a major player in the US grocery market, so consumers' awareness of the new payment method could grow quickly once it rolls out.
But because Amazon's hand-scanning process would be one of the first high-profile biometric payment options, it'll likely bear the brunt of concerns about biometrics. Biometrics raiseabout data privacy and security since consumers need to disclose new information in the form of their fingerprints, hand scans, and other data.
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