Consumers in The Bahamas can now use the PopPay face verification platform to purchase goods and services with a central bank digital currency – digital money issued and backed by a government, according to a press release.
Bahamian consumers can link their SunCash account to PopPay to enable face pay transactions using their Sand Dollars. They can then spend the digital currency at a network of SunCash merchants using just their face for authentication.
Various local and global brands are or will be accepting digital Sand Dollars authenticated by PopPay through the SunCash platform.
«The PopPay platform is designed to allow consumers to link any payment method to their face, including credit cards, debit cards, direct bank transfers, stablecoins and CBDCs,» John Miller, CEO of PopID and chairman of its holding company, Cali Group, said in the press release.
The existing apps for transacting in digital Sand Dollar generally require consumers' use of smart phones, QR codes or various other codes to complete a transaction at the point of sale.
«With the integration of the PopPay platform into the SunCash App, Bahamian consumers can now quickly, efficiently and safely use the digital Sand Dollar to purchase food and other products even if the consumer does not have a functional smart phone or an internet connection,» said Desmond Pyfrom, CEO of SunCash.
Source: Kiosk Marketplace