Face ID will appear in the Moscow metro

Deputy Mayor of Moscow Maxim Liksutov shared information that in Moscow public transport

Face ID facial recognition technology will appear. With the help of this innovation, Russians will be able to pay for travel.

Use Face ID on public transportMoscow will be possible next year. “It will be exactly next year. We are already testing this system with two large Russian banks on our employees, they already have a face recognition system, ”Liksutov said, adding that personal payment data of Russians are already stored in banks. So, for the innovation to work in the metro, it is enough to place the biometric infrastructure.

It is known that after the correspondingthe system will be installed in transport, a user with a biometrics connected to a bank card will be able to pass in front of an open turnstile. Moreover, the system identifies a person, even if the person is wearing a mask.