The WARS restaurant at Warsaw’s Dworzec Zachodni (Western Railway Station) is the first in Poland to introduce the possibility of paying with… with a glance. From 8 May, its guests will be able to test a new payment method that sounds like the future, but is happening here and now. It is the result of a collaboration with Polish technology company PayEye, which has developed a unique identity recognition system based on facial features and iris pattern.
PayEye is a Polish financial-technology company that has developed its own biometric payment solution. The system is based on a combination of facial recognition and iris scanning, so that a single glance is all it takes to finalise a transaction, without the need for cash, card or phone. The technology is designed to be integrated with other digital services, including the mCitizen app. This paves the way for additional functionality, such as automatic age confirmation for purchases requiring age verification.
“I am pleased that WARS continues to work and implement solutions to simplify and organise processes. This is a step towards modern, effective change,” – says Radosław Groblewski, CEO of WARS S.A.
The tests are a pilot to see how the system works in practice, both technically and in terms of convenience. It will also be crucial to find out the opinions of passengers and customers. WARS S.A. intends to closely examine the possibilities for further application of this technology. We are not only talking about restaurants, but also ticket sales or access to additional rail services.
“WARS, as a national catering operator with a 77-year history, wants to draw on its rich experience, but at the same time open up to new sales channels and the needs of new customers,” – mikołaj Pawlak, Executive Director of WARS S.A.’s Strategy and Marketing Office, points out. “We are seeing more and more passengers from younger generations for whom the WARS brand is not yet recognisable. That is why we are reaching out to modern technologies that will allow us to better respond to their expectations.” – he concludes.
The project is part of the company’s long-term strategy to digitise its services. Automation and personalisation are expected to make travelling with WARS more intuitive and simply more convenient.
Source: WARS
