This content originally appeared on NN/g latest articles and announcements and was authored by Leeloo Tang
Summary: The recent expansion of facial recognition payment in China is hampered by the perception of weak security, incomplete UI feedback, and misleading mental models.
China is a world leader in adopting innovative payment methods. Most Chinese today use their mobile phones to make payments and many people don’t carry a physical wallet. Mobile-payment apps like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay have vastly outpaced cash and credit cards as the dominant forms of payment. Now facial-recognition payment (FRP, 刷脸支付) is gaining traction in China as well.
To use FRP, users must first register their face and upload bank-card information to a mobile app. Then, they can complete payments by simply glancing at cameras positioned at the checkout in stores.
FRP has become a popular payment method, used mostly in convenience stores, vending machines, and supermarkets. According to iiMedia Research' s estimates , more than 495 million Chinese used facial-recognition payment in 2021 — that’s roughly one third of China’s population. Interestingly, Chinese people refer to facial recognition as "swipe the face," just like swiping a physical card.
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This content originally appeared on NN/g latest articles and announcements and was authored by Leeloo Tang
Leeloo Tang | Sciencx (2022-03-20T16:00:00+00:00) Revisiting Facial-Recognition Payment: Old Problems Still Lingering. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/03/20/revisiting-facial-recognition-payment-old-problems-still-lingering/
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