March 05, 2021
Customers will use the SingPass mobile app to scan a QR code on a vending machine, then verify their identity with the app to purchase the alcoholic beverage.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - It may soon be possible to use SingPass to verify a person s age to buy alcohol from vending machines, even as the Government plans to make the national identification system a common tool to authenticate digital sign-ins.
In the second or third quarter, fintech company Ascan is planning to launch a new feature in vending machines that allows customers to buy alcoholic beverages using SingPass, instead of a physical NRIC at shops, to confirm that they are at least 18 years old - the legal drinking age here.
The Straits Times
Buy alcohol with SingPass from vending machines soon; app users triple in past year
Customers will use the SingPass mobile app to scan a QR code on a vending machine, then verify their identity with the app to purchase the alcoholic beverage.ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
PublishedMar 4, 2021, 11:00 am SGT
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