Yes. Revolut announced the pilot of an in-store facial recognition checkout service called “Pay with Smile” in the UK.
Key Details
•How it works: Opted-in customers can pay without a phone, card, or wallet by glancing at a terminal. The terminal matches the user's face against the biometric selfie verification data already stored in their Revolut account to authorize an account-to-account payment.
•Hardware: It runs on Revolut Register, Revolut's dedicated point-of-sale (POS) hardware system designed for hospitality businesses.
•Initial Rollout: The feature was introduced as a limited pilot in London across select locations of the coffee chain Kiss the Hippo (Bloomsbury, Chelsea, and Soho), with broader merchant availability planned for later.
•Privacy & Fees: Revolut states biometric data is encrypted end-to-end and not shared with or stored by merchants. Revolut also offered 0% processing fees to merchants for transactions processed through the system during the rollout.
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