There may not be much to smile about with inflation hitting a 40-year-high, but customers could be able to pay for their grocery shopping by smiling at a camera as facial recognition technology is rolled out to supermarket checkouts.
Mastercard is trialling a biometric payment system that could see customers just use their face rather than contactless cards, smartphones or PINs. Shoppers would be able to smile or wave a hand at a scanner to pay for their shopping.
It is understood that a customer would be able to scan their face or fingerprint using a supermarket's smartphone app and link their likeness to a bank card. Payments Card and Mobile website says it would work in a similar way to Apple's facial ID.
