The development of electronic money has ushered in an era without wallets. Now people are accustomed to paying for goods through cards entered on their mobile phones. Recently, technology has been introduced that allows you to make payments using just your hands, beyond your mobile phone. Amazon wants to spread technology that allows payments by scanning the palm of one’s hand across the United States, and the city of Beijing is also piloting it. As this technology, palm vein authentication is attracting attention.

Easily purchase cigarettes with palm vein authentication

MetaJieum vein authentication cigarette vending machine

MetaJieum is a company that developed a palm vein authentication cigarette vending machine by combining biometric authentication vein sensor technology and IoT. Biometric payments using palm veins are spreading globally, and in Korea, cash deposit and withdrawal services have also started and are spreading to the airline industry. Taking the momentum, MetaJieum developed a vein-certified cigarette vending machine that can sell cigarettes in unmanned stores.

MetaJieum’s vein-certified cigarette vending machine, developed together with Lotte Aluminum, Korea’s No. 1 vending machine company, and Fujitsu, a world-renowned vein technology company, uses an ultra-small palm vein recognition sensor to eliminate concerns about duplication, forgery, or loss. This cigarette vending machine requires personal information, identity verification, card registration, and vein registration in the app, and payment is made immediately after verifying the vein. The company said “The vein sensor of this cigarette vending machine is the same as the vein sensor used for vein authentication at financial ATMs and biometric authentication at the Airport Corporation. In the future, we also plan to install cigarette vending machines at duty-free stores using the vein database.”

▲ MetaJieum / CEO Heedon Jang

Selling cigarettes without the problem of buying a fake ID

Generating profits with a new ad board

MetaJieumd’s vein-certified cigarette vending machine uses an individual’s vein, so there is no need to worry about counterfeiting. The advantages of this method were confirmed through smart refrigerators. The screen of an unmanned vending machine can also be used as an advertising board. The vending machine received favorable reviews at the 2023 AIoT Korea Exhibition. CEO Heedon Jang said “We will start with the production of a prototype of a vein authentication vending machine this year and complete the establishment of vein payment by linking it with an electronic payment (PG company). We also plan to maximize advertising through the vending machine’s screen board.”