Digital Identity

Digital ID, Biometrics Help Marijuana Dispensaries Tackle Automated Vending Compliance Automated vending is seen as the next step in legal cannabis distribution, but it comes with a host of legal and compliance-related challenges. In the Digital Identity Tracker, a PYMNTS and Jumio collaboration, Zane Gilmer, an attorney who represents cannabis-related businesses, describes how digital identity and biometrics can help dispensaries remain compliant without sacrificing smoother customer experiences.

Inside the November Tracker

An interview with Zane Gilmer, an attorney for Stinson LLP, which represents many marijuana-related businesses, on the legal and logistical challenges cannabis vending machines face and how digital ID solutions can help conquer them
The latest digital ID developments, including Singapore’s first alcohol vending machines that digitally confirm a purchaser’s age and Apple’s partnerships with universities for the 2021-2022 school year to provide digital student IDs through the Apple Wallet
A Deep Dive analyzing how self-service vending machines are leveraging facial recognition biometrics to deduce if customers are of legal age for cannabis purchases