The latest in checkout ease: Amazon rolls out pay-by-palm tech to Whole Foods

Brett Molina, USA TODAY
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The Amazon One contactless payment system.
The Amazon One contactless payment system.

Whole Foods shoppers in Seattle will soon have a new way to pay for groceries: their palm.

Amazon announced Wednesday plans to expand Amazon One, its contactless payment service, to a Whole Foods store in Seattle and will add the feature to seven more stores there in the coming months.

Consumers can sign up for the service at participating stores. Customers insert their credit card, then hold their palm over the One device to link it to their card. They can opt to scan one or both palms, Amazon says.

Customers can also link their Amazon One information to their main Amazon account to get Prime discounts at Whole Foods.

"At Whole Foods Market, we’re always looking for new and innovative ways to improve the shopping experience for our customers," said Arun Rajan, senior vice president of technology and chief technology officer at Whole Foods Market, in a statement.

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The technology is currently available in Seattle-area stores such as Amazon Go, Amazon Go Grocery, Amazon Books, Amazon 4-star and Amazon Pop Up.

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Amazon One: Whole Foods gets pay-by-palm tech for some Seattle stores

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