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Biometric payments

Payment methods that authenticate the payer by a physical trait such as face, palm or fingerprint in place of a card, PIN or phone.

Current clusters

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Revolut offers 0% fees on face-scan payments to sell its Register terminal to UK hospitality

Revolut charges merchants 0% processing fees on face-scan payments in a UK pilot built around Revolut Register, its point-of-sale device for hospitality. The waiver costs Revolut only as much as shoppers pay by face, a demand one Celent analyst calls unproven.

Perspective Coverage

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Builder
Builder 25%
Operator
Operator 45%
Investor
Investor 30%

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption8
Hype gap+35
Incentives70
Confidence55