Paypal Rolls Out Photo Verification Trial In UK

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 8, 2013 @09:25PM from the your-real-money-is-no-good-here dept.

kdryer39 writes "Retailers in Richmond upon Thames are among the first to allow shoppers to leave their wallets at home and pay for items using just the PayPal app and their profile picture. The app for iOS, Windows OS and Android phones highlights nearby shops and restaurants that accept PayPal before the customer checks in by clicking on the required retailer and sliding an animated pin down on their screen. At present, only 12 merchants are using the system but it expects more than 2,000 locations will have the ability to use the app by the end of 2013."

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Re:wallet by Dupple · 2013-08-08 21:33 · Score: 3, Funny

It'll be interesting how this works out. Normally when I'm in Richmond, I'm off my face and can't find my wallet

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Re:Missing info by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-08 22:38 · Score: 2, Funny

So my twin brother can take all my money now?
Re:Time to set my profile picture to a penis by JustOK · 2013-08-09 00:10 · Score: 5, Funny

That would only be good for microtransactions

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