A Pakistani influencer shared a video from China’s Zhuzhou city in which he showcased the country’s futuristic palm payment system.
The video, which has now gone viral, showed Rana Hamza Saif and his friends visiting a local grocery store, where one of them casually paid for their items with a simple wave of their hand.
In the video, Saif explained that anyone whose palm is registered on the system could make payments across China just by using their hands, no card or cash required.
“Here [in China] no one carries a wallet, cash, or card as people have got their palms registered with the palm payments system. So, what happens in this system is, when you purchase something at a store while paying if your palm is registered, the amount will be deducted from the card linked to your palm the moment you wave your palm at the scanner,” Saif said in his video.
The group’s reactions ranged from pure disbelief to applause, as the successful transaction left everyone amazed. The video has gone viral with over nine million views so far.
“China is living in 2050,” the caption of Saif’s post reads.
Watch the video here:
Saif’s video isn’t the only one who had highlighted this breakthrough technology. Earlier, Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Group, shared a similar clip on X, where a woman described her experience using palm payments on the Beijing subway.
Take a look at his post here:
Palm payment technology is a biometric innovation that identifies users through the unique patterns in their palm prints and veins. Once verified, the system automatically charges the linked payment card.
