Biometric payment adoption grows as Amazon lawsuits allege data privacy violations

Biometric payment systems – and privacy concerns surrounding those systems – are on the rise. Biometric payments could provide frictionless checkout and facilitate more sales, companies claim. Consumers are divided on the implementation of such a system – with some taking Amazon to court.

Biometric identification for payments, loyalty programs

Ecommerce platform provider FreedomPay has announced that customers can now use Amazon's One palm biometric system as a method of payment. Amazon One hardware creates a palm template and stores …

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