Latvia's Handwave: Because Amazon Palm Payments Were Too Easy
In a plot twist that screams 'why not?' Latvian startup Handwave is signing up to koala-claw swipe at Amazon's palm payments throne by offering an independent alternative. As the founders put it, they're 'aimed to compete with Amazon palm payments,' proving yet again that where there’s a palm, there’s a payment to disrupt. It's like seeing your awkward cousin try to reinvent Uber but with just hands. We can only hope their technology doesn't get confused and start charging us with finger guns or air punches.
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(1 of 3)Because what the world really needed was another way to pay with our palms before we learned to pay with our eyeballs. Handwave vs. Amazon: the battle of whose hand is faster at taking your money.
Handwave trying to steal Amazon's palm payment spotlight is like a squirrel challenging a bear to a sumo match — adorable, doomed, and hilarious to watch.
If paying with your palm was the future, Handwave just told Amazon 'hold my biometric drink' while prepping a killer silent auction with fingers crossed.
Source: Techcrunch | Published: 8/1/2025 | Author: Anna Heim
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