MARK OF THE BEAST

UK businesses planning to implant microchips in staff

British companies are planning to microchip their employees in order to boost security and stop staff from accessing sensitive areas of the business.
Biohax, a Swedish tech firm, has diclosed it is in talks with a number of UK legal and financial services firms to implant workers with human chip devices. One prospective client, which the company said could not be named, is believed to be a major global auditing firm with "hundreds of thousands of employees".
The chips, about the size of a grain of rice, cost £150 each and are similar to those used for pets. As well as restricting access to controlled areas, microchips could be used to buy food from the canteen, enter the building or access printers.

CASHLESSNESS

My 'precious': A month with the Bankwest halo payment ring

Letting your bank literally get under your skin will take some getting used to by the public, so for now we are being offered wearable options.
Bankwest was the first in Australia to offer the ring to customers when it launched at the beginning of the year, but Mastercard Australasia president Richard Wormald said several other banks, including some of the big four, were looking at it as well.
While right now it's a gimmick, it, or something like it, will soon become the norm.
"I've been wearing my ring long enough I'm beginning to feel a deep connection to it. The ring loves me and I love the ring. I swear to serve the master of the precious," says Hamish Hastie.