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Restaurants & Retailers in Pasadena Establish Nation's First Pay-by-Face NetworkPASADENA, Calif., Aug. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- With California imposing strict restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19, a number of restaurant and retail store owners in the city of Pasadena have quietly established the nation's first dense "face-pay" network. These small business owners have embraced an advanced facial recognition technology that lets their customers make secure, hands-free purchases using only their faces. PopID, a Cali Group company, today announced the city-wide deployment of its PopPay "face-pay" service following the successful roll-out of the company's PopEntry facial recognition device that lets workers and students safely "scan-in" to their workplace and college campus facilities. Users can now add a credit or debit card to their PopID accounts for a safer, truly hands-free alternative to cash, credit cards or Apple Pay. The launch in Pasadena of a dense network of businesses and people using the PopID platform for both payment and entry kicks off a city by city rollout of the contactless payment service. "In each new city we enter, we initially focus on installing PopEntry systems in the workplace and on local college campuses," said John Miller, chairman of Cali Group and CEO of PopID. "As these communities grow comfortable using PopID to check in, we enlist area restaurants and retailers to offer PopPay for transactions." Some of the Pasadena restaurants and retailers now accepting PopPay include:
Links to videos showing how PopPay works: Self-Ordering Kiosk: Order at Counter: Drive-Thru: Over the last three years, PopID has been tested and adapted for payment and loyalty programs at regional and national restaurant brands throughout the country including Belcampo , Bojangles, CaliBurger, Dair-i-o, Deli Time, Plant Power, and Port of Subs. In addition to allowing a safer, hands-free payment method, the system has been shown to make the ordering process quicker and more efficient. PopPay follows the national roll-out of PopEntry+, the combined facial recognition and thermal temperature screening device now in use in private and government offices, factories, restaurants, assisted living facilities, sports venues and on college campuses. About PopID Contact: Peter Himler View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/restaurants--retailers-in-pasadena-establish-nations-first-pay-by-face-network-301112552.html SOURCE PopID |