Shanghai yesterday promoted "the fingerprint payment" of the new expense pay up pattern. Consumer only needed "a figure"; he can go shopping in a range of assigned shops. When consumer put the finger on the fingerprint terminal gently as soon as presses, only needed five seconds then to complete the transaction.

This service of "Finger Pay Pass" is jointly promoted by the Agriculture Bank of China Shanghai Branch and "Live by touch ", the later is dedicated in research biology recognition technology. At present, the Shanghai residents may register the fingerprint service in the Agriculture Bank of China, China Unicom and other the assigned big merchant networks. They can start using "Finger Pay Pass" electronic wallet and realize the real convenient of payment. Before the use fingerprint payment service, user must apply for the bank account or the electronic wallet, which assigned by bank, and then the fingerprint data can be established connection and update information with related account.

The "Shanghai Parkson department store", "Sport 100", "May", "Bright convenience store" and so on more than 1,000 merchants, yesterday officially began using "the fingerprint payment" service. The expert believed that, the biological recognition technology recognizes is person itself, each person's biological characteristic has uniqueness and in the certain time the invariable stability, therefore, the technology is not easily fabricated and pretends.

"Finger Pay Pass" is composed of two small machines,

(left) connects the system, (right) identifies the fingerprint.

Newspaper reporter Shanghai facsimile