Biometric tech could help advance e-payment here
A biometric fingerprint technology introduced in a supermarket at Brunel University, London, might hold a key to the advancement of electronic payment in Singapore.
Chinese cities are said to have more advanced e-payment systems than in Singapore (‘Spore should learn from China’s advanced e-payment systems’; Sept 19).
But it is not that easy to implement e-payment throughout a medium-sized city state. Chinese cities have a large core of city dwellers supported by satellite towns and villages.
The core may adopt the use of technology easily, but the uptake may not be the same further on the periphery.
Where a city must cater for the entire range of the community, from tech-savvy consumers to less educated and less adaptable users, a biometric form of e-payment might be the answer. It is worth a thought.
