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PopID intros pay-by-face solution

PopID, a Cali Group company, has launched its PopPay face-pay service, which lets users pay with their faces at facial recognition devices. Customers can link their debit or credit cards to their PopID account to automatically make the payment, according to a press release.

A variety of restaurants are currently accepting PopPay including:

  • Again Café
  • Arroyo Chop House
  • BAN SUP refill
  • Barcelona
  • Bubble Puff and Tea
  • CaliBurger
  • Contessa Italian Foods
  • Daddy's Chicken Shack
  • DogHaus
  • Fair Oaks Burger
  • The Fit Bar Superfood Cafe
  • Food Bar
  • Lêberry Bakery
  • Lemonade
  • Mediterranean Grill
  • Milkcow Café
  • Monopole Wine
  • Parkway Grill
  • Pho Banh Mi Che Cali
  • Real Food Cafe
  • Space Bar Wellness Center
  • Smitty's
  • Sorriso
  • Taste of Pace
  • Tortas Mexico

"In each new city we enter, we initially focus on installing PopEntry systems in the workplace and on local college campuses," 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."

This is the latest in PopID's facial recognition solutions, including its PopEntry, which allows users to scan-in to their workplace or campus.