{"id":663255,"date":"2025-04-17T08:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:40:20","slug":"pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27d22476c63\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27d22476c63\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-546472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"905\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>You remember those old-time spy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> where someone fairly important would walk to a retina scanner and hunch over, while light would shine into their eye, identifying them. I always found that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> fascinating, but impractical. Not only was it an incentive to have people rip your eyeballs out, the procedure seemed just a little too complicated. Turns out, AliPay (a subsidiary of Chinese giant Alibaba) has a solution \u2013 and it just involves scanning your palm.<\/p>\n<p>Palm recognition has been around for a decent amount of time (we actually wrote about a smart door lock that uses the tech too), but AliPay\u2019s PL1 gives it mass adoption. Designed to facilitate payments, the PL1 lets you hold your palm up against a sensor to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>rove transactions, letting you make payments without making contact with POS terminals and their potentially germ-ridden keypads.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-546473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"905\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-546473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"905\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"70935ce91dab61149eb14bd3-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"70935ce91dab61149eb14bd3-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The way it works is simple, the PL1 recognizes palm prints as well as palm vein biometrics or the shape of the network of veins underneath your skin (which are absolutely impossible to fake). The technology is implemented in a POS terminal that authenticates your approval with a palm scan rather than a fingerprint, a PIN code, or an OTP. Just hold your palm over the sensor (some may call it a \u2018Roman salute\u2019), and the sensor does the rest in seconds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-546474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1119\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-546474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1119\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The technology holds promise for multiple reasons. Apart from being absolutely infallible and impossible to trick (you can\u2019t counterfeit a palm with vein structures, can you?) it\u2019s also fast, and contact-free, making it perfect for most societies, except for probably places where you\u2019re wearing gloves, whether because of the cold or because of safety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-546475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"959\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-546475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"959\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"70935ce91dab61149eb14bd3-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"70935ce91dab61149eb14bd3-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The PL1\u2019s application isn\u2019t limited to payments either, AliPay says it can be used for authentication, access, and even be deployed in large numbers at terminals in public transport like subways or buses, enabling contact-free and secure modes of access and payment in a society largely relying on fingerprints that are easy to fake, and facial recognition that has a pretty large error rate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-546476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-546476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/04\/16\/pay-with-your-palm-alipay-debuts-palm-recognition-tech-that-makes-secure-contactless-payments\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Pay With Your Palm \u2013 AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/04\/auto-draft\/alipay_palm_print_recognition_pl1_5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SHARE\"><\/span>SHARE<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"sd-content\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-x\"><span>X<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-linkedin\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pocket\"><span>Pocket<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\"><span>Email<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-end\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"sharing-hidden\">\n<div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-telegram\"><span>Telegram<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-threads\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><span>WhatsApp<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-mastodon\"><span>Mastodon<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-bluesky\"><span>Bluesky<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-nextdoor\"><span>Nextdoor<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-end\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n                            <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                <span>Sarang Sheth<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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