Forget NFC, Amazon wants you to pay in stores with your hand
(Android Central)

The payment solution is still in its early stages. What you need to know Amazon is working on a new solution that will allow consumers to pay for purchases at stores using their palm. The payments system will make it possible for individuals to link their card information to their hands. Amazon will reportedly pitch the checkout terminals to fast-food restaurants, coffee shops, and other stores. A report published by New York Post in September last year had claimed that Amazon was testing a new payment system that would make it possible for shoppers at its Whole Foods supermarket chain to pay for purchases using their hands as ID. Now, a new report from The Wall Street Journal has shed some more light on the upcoming payment system, suggesting it may not be limited to Whole Foods. As per The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is working on checkout terminals that could be placed in coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, and other stores that do `lots of repeat business with their custo...