@Revolut just launched payments with your face called "Pay with Smile" 🤯
No card. No phone. Just look at the screen and pay.
The new Pay with Smile feature is being piloted in London from today at selected Kiss the Hippo cafes.
Here’s how it works:
→ Tap “Pay with Smile” on a Revolut Register
→ Facial recognition verifies your identity
→ The payment is authenticated
→ Money moves account-to-account
Customers have to actively opt in through the Revolut app, and Revolut says merchants won’t store customers’ facial recognition data.
Another interesting piece for merchants: 0% processing fees on Pay with Smile transactions.
Alex Codina, GM of Merchant Payments at Revolut Business:
“By combining high-performance processing with facial recognition technology, we’re replacing outdated, fragmented tills with a hyper-efficient checkout experience.”
The pilot runs in London’s Bloomsbury, Chelsea and Soho locations from September 24–26, with a wider rollout of Revolut Register coming later.
We’ve spent years moving from cash → cards → phones → wearables.
Now your face could become the payment method.
Would you be comfortable paying like this??
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I’ll pass. I don’t need my biometrics in a centralized server at my bank.
Sep 24, 2026 · 7:07 PM UTC
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