Topic

Facial recognition payments

Checkout systems that authorise a purchase by matching the shopper's face against a stored reference image instead of a card, phone or PIN.

Current clusters

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Revolut's smile-to-pay till only recognises customers who already sent it a selfie

Revolut's Pay with Smile is running at Kiss the Hippo cafes in London, matching a customer's face at the counter against the ID selfie they uploaded when they opened their account, with no processing fee for the merchant.

Publishers:engadget.comtechradar.com

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption12
Hype gap+30
Incentives72
Confidence55