Japan Trials the Application of Payment by Fingerprint

MASSAPEDIA NEWS - Middle of this year, the Japanese government will begin testing a system that allows foreign tourists to verify their identity and purchase goods and services simply by using fingerprints.

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This is done to prevent crime and alleviate the stress of the tourists ahead of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to be held in 2020, in Tokyo. Because the system is expected to eliminate the need to carry cash or credit cards for tourists.

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To perform the experiment the system, the government put a fingerprint scanner 300 are scattered in various tourist centers, such as souvenir shops, restaurants, hotels, and others.

Despite trying to implement the fingerprint system, a passport is required when guests check in at the hotel, according to local government regulations are still valid today.

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With the existence of this trial, the government hopes to evaluate the system thoroughly before it will be actually implemented.

Looking ahead, the Japanese government will also test the fingerprint system to withdraw money from an ATM machine. This is done in an effort to improve safety and reduce instances of fraudulent transactions with stolen cards.

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Earlier, in October 2015 and then, a park in Nagasaki, Huis Ten Bosch had introduced a similar system and report that the system can work well.

"This system has been well received by customers, including by people who bring their children because it can save them in time of trouble to pick up the wallet," said the jury spoke Huis Ten Bosch.