TBC says palm payments are available at about 70 partner locations in Georgia

Davit Meskidze, who heads payments at TBC Bank, said the bank's Palm Payment biometric service is now available at around 70 partner locations in Georgia. The remarks were made on the BM.GE programme Business Morning, and the report was published on 9 November. According to the bank, the rollout is gradual, with feedback collected from customers and merchants.

After registration, a dedicated device identifies the individual characteristics of the user's palm and links the payment to a selected bank account, according to the bank's description. A conventional bank card or smartphone is not required for a transaction at a participating outlet.

The TBC representative said one bank account can currently be linked to each palm. The list of participating locations is available in the bank's mobile app. The announcement does not suggest the service works in every shop across Georgia.

For merchants, this provides an additional checkout method. The bank did not disclose active-user totals, transaction volumes or any measured sales impact. The figure of approximately 70 locations is the bank representative's statement, not a count independently audited by a public regulator.

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Source: BM.GE, remarks by Davit Meskidze (TBC Bank), 9 November 2026.