Forget cash, face scanning is the new wallet in China

Customers using face-detection technology to make payments has become popular in China since Alibaba founder Jack Ma talked about it in Germany two years ago, Imagine China reported on Tuesday.

Twin sisters use the face-detection machine in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Oct 12, 2016. The machine can pick even subtle differences between faces

How this technology works is simple: Stand in front of a machine and it will scan your face and confirm your identity. Nowadays people are using this technology for just about everything, from shopping, withdrawing money to even getting toilet paper.

China has taken a leading role in face-detection technology and the application of this technology has become a magnet for entrepreneurs in the country.

(CHINA DAILY)