(100percentFedUp.com) Amazon recently announced it’s installing pay-by-palm technology in Whole Foods stores across the country by the end of the year.
“Paying with your palm via Amazon One is a pretty great experience, and customers have been ‘voting with their palms’ for many months now,” said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.
“By end of year, you won’t need your wallet to pay when checking out at any of the 500+ U.S. Whole Foods.”
Paying with your palm via Amazon One is a pretty great experience, and customers have been “voting with their palms” for many months now. By end of year, you won’t need your wallet to pay when checking out at any of the 500+ U.S. @WholeFoods. https://t.co/fizfZIDo3P
— Andy Jassy (@ajassy) July 20, 2023
Our friends at WLTReport shared more:
Amazon to add pay-by-palm tech to all Whole Foods stores by year end https://t.co/9u715FLZ3F
— Orwell Huxley’s Ghost (@Tinkeringhalo2) July 20, 2023
According to CNBC, Amazon is marketing the technology to third parties.
From CNBC:
Amazon’s palm-scanning payment technology is coming to all 500+ Whole Foods https://t.co/tbvt0ovTbK
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) July 20, 2023
According to TechCrunch, “customers can pre-enroll via the web using their credit or debit card, Amazon account and mobile number.”
Amazon partners with American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa and other major U.S. banks.
“Customers then complete their enrollment process the first time they scan their palm over the Amazon One device when visiting a participating Whole Foods location,” the outlet writes.
More from TechCrunch:
Videos have surfaced online of customers utilizing this freakish, totalitarian technology.
“I got my fruit, I got my yogurts, mint tea. And now it’s time to pay,” said one customer.
“Well, because we’re in Silicon Valley, I am not going to pay with my credit card. I am going to pay with my palm,” she said.
