A Syrian refugee undergoes eye verification to receive her foodstuff through the iris scan service launched by the World Food Program at Tazweed centre in the Al-Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, near the border with Syria, November 23, 2016. Picture taken November 23, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
MAFRAQ, Jordan (Reuters) - At a supermarket cash register in Zaatari refugee camp, a shopper looks into a small screen as a device scans her iris. The machine checks the customer's identity before allowing her to complete the purchase without cash, e-cards or vouchers.
Some 76,000 Syrian refugees at the sprawling camp in Jordan can now shop this way at Zaatari supermarkets thanks to a new payment system introduced by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to make sure that aid goes to the right people.
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