Solidus Networks, doing business as Pay By Touch, has announced that it will no longer process biometric transactions on behalf of its merchant customers and consumer membership base.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Solidus Networks, Inc., dba Pay By Touch, regretfully announced today that it will no longer process biometric transactions on behalf of its merchant customers and consumer membership base, as 11:59:59pm March 19, 2008.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, drivers can pay for their gasoline with just the touch of a finger thanks to a new payment method Shell Oil Products US is piloting in Chicagoland starting this week.

Chicago drivers have a new way to pay for gasoline: with their fingertips. Ten Shell gas stations in the Windy City are testing biometric systems that let consumers walk up to the pump, scan their fingertips on a device and fill up their vehicles.

By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Dec. 7--A San Francisco start-up bought an icon of the past -- the company behind S&H Green Stamps -- in its bid to shape how consumers pay at the register in the future.