Toronto-based Foodymart supermarket to use facial recognition payment system
A Toronto-based Chinese grocery store chain wants to use a facial recognition payment system to make the checkout process a bit quicker. Foodymart, which has six locations in Toronto and two in British Columbia, plans to buy facial recognition machines from SnapPay with hopes of having the system in one of its stores by early 2020. SnapPay is another Toronto-based business specializing in bringing international payment methods like AliPay and WeChat Pay to Canadian retailers.
SnapPay launched this facial recognition technology earlier this month. They want to lessen the time you need to pay for goods. The system will take a photo of your face when you're about to pay for your items. What you need to do beforehand is submit a three-dimensional scan of your face and link this to your payment account.