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 authenticated using biometric verification will rise from $ almost $2bn m in this year to 600 in 2017 , according to a study by Juniper Research . 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 smartphone models are expected to be equipped with fingerprint sensors 2016 . Payment by facial recognition is also set to rise.