An X5 group representative demonstrates a facial recognition payment system at a self-checkout machine in a Perekrestok supermarket in Moscow. — AFP
MOSCOW: Russia’s X5 group, the country's leading food retailer, announced on March 10 the launch of a facial recognition payment system, the latest expansion of a technology that has sparked privacy and security concerns.
To launch its facial recognition payment system the X5 group, which owns the Pyaterochka convenience stores and the Perekrestok supermarket chain, has joined forces with the Visa payment system and Russia’s state giant Sberbank that is striving to become an IT company.
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An X5 group representative demonstrates a facial recognition payment system at a self-checkout machine in a Perekrestok supermarket in Moscow. — AFP
To complete the transaction in the pandemic era, customers will need to remove their face masks ‘for a second and look into the camera’, the companies behind the payment system said in a statement. — AFP
At a Moscow supermarket on March 9, the service appeared to be winning the support of younger customers. — AFP
The service will only be available at self-service checkouts for Sberbank customers after the bank recently allowed its users to set up facial recognition to pay from their accounts. — AFP
Customers pay on self-checkout machines in a Perekrestok supermarket in Moscow. — AFP
Facial recognition is rapidly developing in Russia, raising the concerns of activists over state surveillance. — AFP
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