KeroPay
KeroPay provides a biometric payment system that lets customers pay by holding their palm near a POS terminal, using palm-vein recognition with quantum-safe encryption. The same terminal also accepts cards, smartphones, and contactless payments, and merchants can integrate e-commerce checkout via APIs under a single contract. Registration starts online and is completed in person at a KeroPay terminal to securely link biometric data to a payment method.
- Financial Technology
- Hardware
- Artificial Intelligence
- Retail Technology
- Software Only
Funding
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Product
Problem
Traditional payment methods require customers to carry physical cards, smartphones, or other devices, creating friction at the point of sale and excluding those who forget or lack these items. Biometric authentication, while more convenient, is often complex to deploy and raises concerns about security and privacy.
Solution
KeroPay provides a biometric payment system that allows customers to pay by simply holding their palm near a POS terminal, making the transaction as natural as a handshake. The system uses palm-vein recognition technology, with registration initiated online via a web app and completed in person at a KeroPay terminal to securely associate the biometric data with the user's payment method. The same POS also accepts traditional cards, smartphones, and contactless payments, giving merchants a unified solution. For businesses, KeroPay offers a dashboard to manage payments, direct support, and APIs to integrate checkout into e-commerce sites under a single contract.
Target Audience
Primary customers are merchants and businesses of all sizes, from single point-of-sale operations to multi-location networks, as well as vending machine operators seeking biometric authentication for their services.
Features
- Palm-vein biometric authentication for contactless payment at the POS
- Hybrid POS terminal supporting cards, smartphones, and contactless payments alongside palm recognition
- Two-step registration process: online account creation followed by in-person biometric enrollment at a KeroPay terminal
- Quantum-safe encryption designed to resist threats from quantum computers, with encrypted biometric data storage
- Payment APIs for e-commerce checkout integration with the same contract and rates as in-store
- Dedicated dashboard for merchants to manage payments and track transactions
- Vending machine authentication via fingerprint for existing vending clients