A company is offering a biometric payment system that reads your fingerprint.
Here’s how it works: Customers sign up once, by registering a checking account or a credit card, and showing government identification such as a driver’s license. The Pay by Touch technology records the lines and ridges of their fingerprints, and translates the data into a numerical algorithm that is stored in a secure database. The customers thereafter never have to carry a wallet or purse back to the store, and can use their finger to pay for goods across the Pay By Touch network, which now includes stores in 10 states.