Japan is introducing a system which will not only be an alternative to cash, but to card payments as well. Starting this summer, the government will begin testing the new system where foreign tourists will be able to verify their identities and buy things at stores using only their fingerprints. Tourists will have their identities verified, and then be able to make purchases from shops with a flash of their finger when their card details have been processed. RT reports: The system will calculate how much money a customer has based on a fingerprint. Japan hopes to have it up-and-running in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun. The idea itself is not new – a version already exists at a bank and a theme park in Nagasaki Prefecture. Customers there can make payments at over 30 restaurants and businesses. What’s so convenient about it is you only have to go through one scan when arriving to Japan – and you’re good to go (assuming you have money – this is Japan, after all). The customer places two fingers on a scanner to complete payment. One obvious feature of this for tourists is, of course, no [...]