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Schoolchildren in Yekaterinburg pay for lunch with the touch of a finger

16.06.2012

Uniteller announced the provision of payment processing services as part of the new social project "School Window". The pilot project has already started at school No. 76 in Yekaterinburg.

The Biometric School Lunch Project allows parents to control both their child's meals and how they spend money given to their child for meals at school. As a result, to pay for lunch, students no longer need to carry money or a bank card with them, which can be lost - just touch the scanner with your finger, Uniteller stressed.

"In order to participate in this program, one of the parents needs to register their card in the system. The required amount for lunch is securely debited from the card at the moment when the child puts his finger on the biometric system. An SMS confirms the purchase of lunch and the successful debiting of funds - a message that is instantly sent to the parent's mobile phone," said Aleksey Morozov, head of electronic payments at Uniteller. "Also, in the personal account of the school website, parents can check what exactly the child spent money on in the school cafeteria."

According to Igor Klimovskikh, director of school No. 76, "the most important advantage of the project is that it allows you to enter personal accounts for each child individually. As a result, each parent will directly pay the food service provider, which in the future will free the school from competitive procedures and immediately food quality".

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