What`s Biopago, Venezuelan government biometric sales system

It’s a channel that allows goods and services`s payment through a finger print machines biometric system, without need to present any payment instrument (only for customers with Bank of Venezuela products and Valeven food card). Additionally, you can make payments with credit cards from other banks, but you must present it.

In recent weeks, in Venezuela, there has been much talk about the Petro cryptocurrency, and how the national government has managed to stealthily introduce it into the finances of Venezuelans. As is known, in November the national president Nicolás Maduro announced the payment of half a petro as bonus to more than 4.5 million pensioners and public employees.

To make life easier for non-techs, the aforementioned mechanism is the first and main way of spending the petro means granted as bonus by the Venezuelan government.