Pay with a Smile

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Pay with a Smile is a Russian biometric payment experience using a linked account or card. Facial recognition identifies a customer at a supported checkout, allowing the selected instrument to fund the purchase while the payment interface replaces the usual card tap or phone action.

Use cases:
Initiation:
Users
3.2M
Markets
1
TPV
$202M
Transactions
22M

Estimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026

Historical trends

Capabilities

Initiation & Authentication
Funding & Requirements
Processing & Settlement
Transaction Management
Refunds & Disputes
Additional native capabilities

Markets

Estimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026

PSPs

No PSP implementations have been mapped for this method yet.

Schemes

Compliance

Standards