The invention as described provides a method and system for tokenless
authorization of commercial transactions between a buyer and a seller
using a computer system. The method comprises the steps of registering a
buyer, wherein the buyer registers with the computer system a PIN, at
least one registration biometric sample, and at least one buyer financial
account. The method also includes a seller registration step, wherein the
seller registers with the computer system at least one seller financial
account. In a proposal step, the seller offers a proposed commercial
transaction to the buyer usually comprising price information. If the
buyer accepts the seller's proposal, in an acceptance step, the buyer
signals his/her acceptance by adding to the proposed commercial
transaction the buyer's personal authentication information comprising a
PIN and at least one bid biometric sample which is obtained from the
buyer's person. In a transmission step, the bid biometric sample and PIN
are forwarded to the computer system. The computer system compares the
bid biometric sample with registration biometric samples for producing
either a successful or failed identification of the buyer in a buyer
identification step. Upon determination of sufficient resources, a
financial account of the buyer is debited and a financial account of the
seller is credited, in a payment step. Therefore, a commercial
transaction is conducted without the buyer having to use any portable
man-made memory devices such as smartcards or swipe cards.