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Paypal Rolls Out Photo Verification Trial In UK

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. wallet by Tom · · Score: 4, Insightful

    At present, only 12 merchants are using the system

    Which makes the "leave wallet at home" statement pure hyperbole.

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  2. fuck paypal by ionix5891 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They close accounts without providing reasons nor being able to get in contact with a human

    this is not "news for nerds" this is a "this marketing message has been brought to you by the Paypal PR department"

    1. Re:fuck paypal by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It's interesting because they need your profile picture on file. PayPal are getting all wet at the thought of having every customer's face in their database, to help them harass unfortunate victims of fraud. It gives them a legitimate reason to store that information, which would otherwise be illegal in most European countries.

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  3. Extraneous middle man taking cut. by MrL0G1C · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So paypal get their % cut and then the card company get their % cut. No thanks, this makes goods more expensive.

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  4. Re:why is paypal legal ? by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I agree. If it waddles like a bank and quacks like a bank then it's a bank.

    Unless it's a building society. Assuming they still exist...

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  5. Re:Time to set my profile picture to a penis by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would only be good for microtransactions

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