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Revolut alumni raise $6m for palm-scan payments startup

London-based Five lets users to pay with just a wave of their hand

Five, a biometric payments startup offering technology that lets customers pay with a wave of their hand, has raised $6m in seed funding.

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Damisola Sulaiman

Damisola Sulaiman is Sifted's fintech reporter, based in London. She writes Sifted's weekly Fintech newsletter . You can find her on LinkedIn

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