Manchester Venue Joins Age Verification Trial and Introduces New Way for Customers to Pay

  • Digital Identity
  • 24.06.2022 01:30 pm

Hatch, the Manchester-based food and drink destination, is trialling a new way for its customers to pay and prove their age. The system is now in place at the Oxford Road Manchester venue, from Thursday – Saturday, with the trial ending on June 30th. The unique vein mapping technology is provided by FinGo, a biometric identity authentication solutions provider. FinGo enables age-verified payments by taking a simple scan of a person’s unique finger vein pattern through an infrared device.

To use FinGo, Hatch customers simply sign up for the service, verify their chosen ID document and add their payment card details through the FinGo app. They then link their finger to a FinGo device, securely connecting it to their registered details. Customers can then scan their fingers at the till to make fast and convenient age-verified payments at Hatch.

This FinGo trial at Hatch is part of the Home Office Regulatory Sandbox which is providing an opportunity for industry and retail to test innovative approaches to age verification, such as digital ID and other products with age assurance attributes.

Prior to this trial, FinGo has been deployed for use in other venues across the city including The Alchemist, making Manchester the first city in the world to introduce the technology for this purpose.  

Simon Binns, Chief Commercial Officer at FinGo commented “It’s a significant step to have brought our new generation product, which combines digital identity with payments, to Hatch, right in the heart of Manchester’s Innovation District as part of the Home Office trial. Requesting and being asked for ID can be frustrating for both staff and customers, and it is our hope that our technology will make age verification simpler and easier for all parties.”

Andrea George, Director, Bruntwood, added “We’re excited to trial this new technology at Hatch as we’re always looking for ways to improve our customers’ experience at the venue. Giving people a simple, but innovative way to pay and prove their age, through biometric technology, does just that.”

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