-Patrick Paumen's payment chip implant lights up

  Mr Paumen has a chip under the skin of his left hand, and it lights up when it comes into close contact with a payment machine.

 A woman using a contactless payment microchip implant

 (A woman paying for her meal in a café using a contactless payment chip implanted in her hand)

Patrick Paumen causes a stir whenever he pays for something in a shop or restaurant.

This is because the 37-year-old doesn't need to use a bank card or his mobile phone to pay. Instead, he simply places his left hand near the contactless card reader, and the payment goes through.

"The reactions I get from cashiers are priceless!" says Mr Paumen, a security guard from the Netherlands.

He is able to pay using his hand because back in 2019 he had a contactless payment microchip injected under his skin.

"The procedure hurts as much as when someone pinches your skin," says Mr Paumen.