The number of mobile payments authenticated by biometrics will increase to nearly $2 billion this year, up from $600 million in 2016, according to research from Juniper Research.
The global value of mobile payments made using biometric verification will rise from $ 500 ##m in 2016 to almost $ 2bn in 2017 , according to a study by Juniper Networks . The uptake of biometric solutions is being driven by services such as Apple Pay , which uses a built - in thumbprint scanner to authenticate users ' identities . Some 60 % of iPhone models are expected to be equipped with fingerprint sensors this year . Support by facial recognition is also set to rise .