Palm vein recognition technology was recently deployed at two metro stations in China’s largest city, Shanghai, Shine reports. Palm vein scanning devices were installed at the metros to facilitate payments by identifying the user’s palm vein biometrics.
Per the outlet, the same hardware has been deployed in metro stations in other cities of the country including Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Dalian. The Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, the company running the metro service, says the deployment is purely for testing and an evaluation will be done after the pilot to determine the possibility and feasibility of wider deployments.
