TechnologyRevolut pilots “Pay with Smile” facial-recognition checkouts in London
The opt-in test runs September 24-26 at three Kiss the Hippo cafés and matches customers against their signup selfie.
TLDR
Revolut is testing an opt-in facial-recognition payment system at Kiss the Hippo cafés in Bloomsbury, Chelsea and Soho from September 24-26. Customers enroll through the Revolut app, then look at a terminal that checks their face against the selfie identity verification completed when they opened their account. Revolut says merchants do not store customers' personal data and that payment authentication is encrypted inside the app. The three-day promotion offers £1 coffee, triple RevPoints and 0% processing fees for participating merchants.
Revolut pilots “Pay with Smile” facial-recognition checkouts in London
The opt-in test runs September 24-26 at three Kiss the Hippo cafés and matches customers against their signup selfie.
TLDR
Revolut is testing an opt-in facial-recognition payment system at Kiss the Hippo cafés in Bloomsbury, Chelsea and Soho from September 24-26. Customers enroll through the Revolut app, then look at a terminal that checks their face against the selfie identity verification completed when they opened their account. Revolut says merchants do not store customers' personal data and that payment authentication is encrypted inside the app. The three-day promotion offers £1 coffee, triple RevPoints and 0% processing fees for participating merchants.
