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UAE tests making retail payments using facial, palm recognition

The system, developed through the Central Bank's Sandbox Program, could make the UAE the first Mideast country to offer biometric payments

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Central Bank officials test the new palm-payment system

Shoppers in the UAE may soon be able to check out their purchases with a wink or a wave.

A pilot program by the Central Bank is introducing both facial and palm recognition to replace cards and credit...