China continues to test its digital yuan across various regions, with the date of its country-wide release coming closer and closer. At the same time, the local financial institutions are coming up with their inventions for storing and keeping the coins. Such is the new biometric hardware wallet that was just revealed by one of the country’s banks.
Biometric Crypto Wallet for China’s CBDC
The news about the wallet was first reported by the news agency Xinhua, which revealed that the Postal Savings Bank of China has created a biometric hardware wallet. The wallet allows users to easily verify their identities when accessing the funds stored within via a simple fingerprint sensor.
More than that, Beijing-based users who are participating in the digital yuan trial will also be able to access healthcare service via the same wallet card.
For now, the wallet remains in its testing phase, although the bank did say that it was particularly designed with these two purposes in mind — storing CBDC and providing easy healthcare access for the elderly. It comes as a simpler solution than having to use a smartphone, which is something that many senior users are having trouble with. The card will allow them to make payments with a single touch.
