Mercedes-Benz Lets You Pay Using Your Fingerprint on Board

•    Mercedes-Benz is launching the Mercedes Pay+ system that reads fingerprints to accept payments.

•    The new feature is the fruit of a partnership with Visa.

•    Mercedes Pay+ will initially be limited to Germany, but we can assume it will expand.

Technology will never cease to amaze and impress, if only by its speed of advancement. Even as we finally stop marveling at payments being made by microchip, even as we get used to being recognized in airports via retinal scan, payments by the use of a fingerprint are about to become a reality at Mercedes-Benz.

The technology is already in place on smartphones, of course. It’s possible to set your fingerprint as the key that unlocks your phone. But soon, you will be able to make payments the same way on board your car. As long as it’s a Mercedes. And as long as you’re in Germany. 

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