芬兰可“刷脸”付款 双胞胎也能分辨

　　Bank cards are already being replaced by phones and wristbands that have payment technology built-in but the latest threat to the lowly plastic in your pocket could be your face。手机、腕带代替银行卡刷卡付款已经不稀奇了，现在你可以“刷脸”付款了。

　　A Finnish startup called Uniqul has launched what it calls the first ever payment platform based on facial recognition。芬兰的一家初创公司Uniqul推出了全球首个“刷脸”支付平台。

　　The system doesn’t require a wallet, bank card or phone - instead a camera is positioned at the checkout and takes a photo of a shopper's face when they are ready to pay。这一支付系统不需要钱包、银行卡或者电话，只需要在付款处安装一台照相机，在顾客需要付款时，为顾客拍上一张照片就可以了。

　　It then scans a database for the face and matches it to stored payment details in order to complete the transaction。然后，支付系统会自动扫描消费者面部，再把图像与数据库中的存储信息进行对比，以便完成交易。

　　Uniqul claims that the technology is securely protected by 'military grade algorithms' capable of identifying even the smallest of distinguishing features of identical twins, for example。开发公司Uniqul表示，这项技术运用“军用级别的算法”来保证其安全性，即使是面部只有细微差别的双胞胎也能够得到正确辨识。

　　'The whole transaction will be done in less than 5 seconds – the time it usually takes you to pull out your wallet., explains a press release from the company。该公司在新闻发布会上说“通过刷脸付款来完成交易，5秒钟不到就能完成。这点时间相当于我们掏钱包的时间。”