A New Way of Contactless and Cashless Transactions丨在闵行“刷掌”也能乘地铁？

Two Metro stations in Shanghai have installed equipment for palm reading and payment on a trial basis. Similar machines have been put into use in some Metro stations in Beijing, as well as Guangzhou and Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province, and Dalian in northeastern Liaoning Province.

The advanced biometric technology uses a scanning device equipped with palm recognition technology to identify the user's palm vein pattern, allowing for secure, contactless and cashless transactions.

Officials from Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, the Metro operator, said the machines at Longyang Road Station on Metro lines 2, 7, 16 and 18 and Xingzhong Road Station on Line 9 are only for research and testing, after which feasibility will be studied and evaluated.