Facial recognition will be the norm for authorising mobile payments

12/04/2021 | ZDNet

Analysis by Juniper Research has found that found billions of smartphone users will be using facial recognition or other biometric authentication technologies in the coming years to verify payments made through smart devices securely. The study revealed 95% of smartphones globally will have biometric capabilities to authenticate more than $3 trillion in payment transactions by 2025. Hardware-based systems will be more secure than software-based facial recognition.

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