Pay with your palm in the UAE: Central bank pilots face-and-palm biometric payments as Amazon pulls back
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has begun piloting a payments system that lets users pay by scanning their face or palm, in what it called a regional first. The proof-of-concept is being demonstrated at the Dubai Land Department and is enabled by Network International and powered by PopID, it said. The project lands as the UAE pushes cashless payments and readies a central bank digital currency known as the Digital Dirham, the National reported. About 50% of adults in the Middle East have a financial account, World Bank data show, it added.