Moscow Metro | Biometric Update

Face biometric payments launch at scale in Moscow Metro

Oct 18, 2021, 8:04 am EDT

Moscow’s metro system has seen the launch of a new biometric facial recognition payment system, Face Pay, at over 240…

Aug 3, 2021, 4:10 pm EDT

The Moscow Metro transport system has begun testing its Face Pay biometric fare payment service with 1,000 users to provide…

Feb 26, 2021, 1:12 pm EST

The city of Moscow has announced an expansion of its Metro facial recognition system for approximately US$12.5 million, the Kommersant…

Sep 23, 2020, 4:52 pm EDT

When Ant Financial announced it would spend hundreds of millions of dollars to promote the use of face biometrics for…

Oct 5, 2023, 10:50 am EDT

The Moscow Metro is testing a new biometric payment method. Passengers can link their biometrics to the Moscow Resident Social…

May 25, 2023, 7:03 am EDT

The Moscow Metro biometric payment system Face Pay has reached 320,000 users and is expecting to increase that number to…

Jan 10, 2023, 4:42 pm EST

Officials of the Moscow Metro say they plan to add 330 more turnstiles to the Face Pay system from this…

Nov 3, 2022, 11:58 am EDT

A year after launching, Russia’s Face Pay fare service in Moscow reports processing payment for 35 million rides using face…

Aug 17, 2022, 11:59 am EDT

Moscow will extend the government-owned Face Pay biometric fare payment system to additional transport lines in the city and is…

Mar 4, 2021, 8:16 am EST

Passengers using the Moscow Metro system in Russia will be able to pay their fares at all metro stations using…