Up Romania introduces PayByFace: facial-recognition payments

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Up Romania introduces PayByFace: facial-recognition payments

In a press release, financial solutions company Up Romania has announced that its customers will have access to PayByFace’s technology…

Face Pay: Moscow Metro’s Facial-Recognition Payment System Raises Surveillance Concerns


The Moscow Metro has touted a new facial-recognition payment system as the first mass-scale use of a technology that will bring greater convenience to people’s everyday lives. But its launch in Russia has raised concerns about the system’s possible misuse for surveillance purposes.
Originally published at – https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-surveillance-metro-moscow/31517539.html

Biometric Face Recognition Payments – Interview with Mihai Draghici, CEO & Founder at PayByFace


In the fourth episode of our new podcast “Voices In Payments” our host, Diederik Klopper discusses The Future of Biometric Payments with Mihai Draghici, Founder and CEO at PayByFace.

PayByFace is on a mission to create a customer-centric, seamless, and secure digital payment ecosystem for a safer, faster, and more convenient shopping experience.

Listen to the podcast to find out:
➞The effects on contactless payments as a result of the COVID crisis
➞The future of interactions between customers and merchants
➞The biggest gain in using facial recognition in the UX for merchants towards consumers
➞Data Security for biometrical payments processing in a world of GDPR and PSD2
➞Technical developments shaping the future of payments
➞The next big disruptor in the payments value chain
➞The PayByFace Global Full Remote Company Structure
➞Even more!

If you’re curious to find out more about how PayByFace’s Innovative Cardless Payment Processing creates a safer, faster, and more convenient shopping experience, please reach out to Mihai Draghici(PayByFace) for a conversation.

About PaymentGenes’s “Voices In Payments” – The Future of Payments podcast: The “Voices in Payments” Podcast, is an initiative launched by PaymentGenes to positively impact the payments community, by educating and connecting the market with vertical-specific industry expertise. PaymentGenes Empowers Business growth by providing expertise-driven Recruitment, Contracting, Business Strategy Consult, and Data Strategy Services. These services all resolve and intersect around payments. Learn more about how we can help your business on PaymentGenes.com

PayByFace | Visa Innovation Program


Romanian facial biometric payments startup Paybyface just launched a pilot project with Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria.

The initiative is part of Visa Innovation Program, a pilot-centered collaboration platform led by Eleven Ventures that supports the development of early-stage fintech companies in Southeast Europe.

In this video, you can learn more about PayByFace’s value proposition, how it changes the game for brick and mortar stores as well as the story behind the strategic collaboration with Visa and Eleven.

How does Paybyface work?


Just download the PayByFace Consumer App on your phone and register a new account. Create your profile (selfie, card and pin) and then go shopping with just your face!