New Zealand: Biometric Payment Terminals
July 31st, 2026“like, wow”.
Via: Radio New Zealand:
Kiwis could soon be able to make purchases using their face or hand, without the need for a card.
EFTPOS New Zealand is rolling out new Verifone Victa biometric payment terminals that will allow people to pay with their faces or palms – without cards.
The new tech can also act as an age verification tool in stores that sell liquor and vapes, for example, or automatically load up people’s loyalty programmes.
Retail NZ chief executive Carolyn Young said when she first heard about the tech, she was “like, wow”.
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Asked if there were valid privacy concerns around the tech, Young said there was “quite a lot of education and language that needs to be used so that everybody understands what it means”.
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