Cashless & Biometric Trends

Scriptural Reference: Revelation 13:16-18 

“Many bankers don’t quite get the fact there is a new normal, a new world order that is coming to banking.”

– L. T. Hall, banking consultant, Alpharetta GA, Wall Street Journal, 11/30/2011

“DIGINOMIC” (digital economics) Trends:

• AMAZON GO in the Diginomics Era (Dec. 6, 2016)
• In Sweden, a cash-free future nears (New York Times – December 6.2015)
• Biometrics: Mobile Payments’ Secret Weapon (Bank Systems & Tech – Oct. 9, 2014)
• The Most Cashless Countries (Credit.com – Oct. 23, 2013)
• Introducing UNIQUL: “I am your new best friend.” (July 13, 2013)
• Top Five (5) Cashless Countries (Total Payments – July/Aug. 2013)
• Next Generation To Be Born Into ‘Cashless’ Society (IBT – Nov. 24, 2011)
• Visa Cashless Commercial (June 27, 2009)

 

BIOMETRICS:

• Tourists in Japan to use fingerprints as ‘currency’ instead of cash (April 15, 2016)
• Pay by the Wave of the “Chipped” Hand (Feb. 28, 2015)
• Visa Is Experimenting With Biometric Payment Systems (Gizmodo, Feb. 25, 2014)