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The story of Pay By Touch

Monday, December 8, 2008

Pay By Touch, the company that tried to bring biometrics to point-of-sales, may have been a company ahead of its time, but it was also one filled with drama. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the rise and fall of the company including allegation of drug abuse and the squandering of investors’ money.

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