Shell Station Customers 'Pay by Touch'
November 1, 2007 By LAUREN TARA LaCAPRA, AP Business Writer
Shell Oil provided this photo of a Pay By Touch enrollment kiosk. Chicago drivers have a new way to pay for gasoline: with their fingertips.Ten Shell gas stations in the Windy City are testing biometric systems that let consumers walk up to the pump, scan their fingertips on a device and fill up their vehicles. The systems, also installed at Shell convenience stores, are directly linked to customers' checking or credit-card accounts for payment. (AP Photo/Shell Oil)
(AP) -- Chicago drivers have a new way to pay for gasoline: with their fingertips. Ten Shell gas stations in the Windy City are testing biometric systems that let consumers walk up to the pump, scan their fingertips on a device and fill up their vehicles. The systems, also installed at Shell convenience stores, are directly linked to customers' checking or credit-card accounts for payment.
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I first read about this on WWW.GLOBALGRIND.COM and I mean come on now, obviously they are doing this so that they can give information to the government. Because think about it, how many ties does the oil company have with the gov't? Too many.- report abuse
