{"id":294,"date":"2015-02-22T06:43:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T14:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/?p=294"},"modified":"2015-02-23T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T19:44:26","slug":"biometrics-preferred-by-shoppers-over-social-smartphone-and-contactless-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/biometrics-preferred-by-shoppers-over-social-smartphone-and-contactless-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Biometrics Preferred by Shoppers Over Social, Smartphone and Contactless Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/167421839.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/167421839-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"167421839\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Security-minded shoppers, when asked about their most popular future technology choice, would like to have biometric payments such as fingerprint, palm or iris scanners over emerging mobile phone options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetbiometrics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planet Biometrics<\/a>\u00a0is reporting on new research, which revealed that nearly one in two shoppers (49%) would like to have biometric payments, far exceeding the popularity of mobile technology options such as online wallets, social media, SMS and PIN-based smartphone payments.<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, smartphones are being used more for research and reporting in-store, shopping online\u00a0<i>after<\/i>\u00a0in-store browsing, checking prices, downloading coupons and vouchers, and posting shopping experiences via social media. Only 20% have ever made a payment of some kind using their smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the findings and looking ahead, Ron Kalifa, Deputy Chairman at WorldPay, said, &#8220;Retailers can help drive mass adoption of new payment technologies by challenging existing shopping behaviors and most importantly, making a compelling case for new payment methods that consumers will understand and buy into. It\u2019s interesting to see the public considering options such as biometric payments, a science that they may have seen in sci-fi films or on TV, which suggests familiarity and visibility of new payment technologies is crucial in moving usage from tech savvy enthusiasts to the wider public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that \u201cthe industry needs to take greater steps to challenge\u201d consumers acting on \u201cauto-pilot using cash, card and by paying online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full post\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetbiometrics.com\/article-details\/i\/1619\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/\">Sintel Systems<\/a> is a quality provider of tailored Point of Sale systems across retail, restaurant and service industries, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/point-of-sale\/food-service\/frozen-yogurt\" target=\"_blank\">frozen yogurt shops<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/point-of-sale\/food-service\/pizza\">pizzerias<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/point-of-sale\/food-service\/sushi\">sushi restaurants<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/point-of-sale\/food-service\/coffee-77\">caf\u00e9s<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/point-of-sale\/retail\">retail stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a single source for business solutions, our experienced, knowledgable team negotiates the complex POS landscape for you to enable you to find the right POS system for your business and budget.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/point-of-sale\/pos-supplies\/hardware\">Hardware<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/point-of-sale\/pos-supplies\/software\">Software<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/catalog\/category\/view\/id\/118\">Support<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Questions or Comments: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/contacts\">Contact us<\/a> 855-POS-SALES <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintelsystems.com\/\">www.SintelSystems.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security-minded shoppers, when asked about their most p [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}