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London Coffee Shops Test Pay-by-Face Checkout, and Revolut Is Offering £1 Coffee for It

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Revolut is testing facial-recognition payments at London coffee shops and offering £1 to those who participate.

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The British neobank is experimenting in three London cafés with a facial recognition payment system, a further leak in the deployment of this technology in our daily lives.

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Revolut launches a pilot project for facial recognition payments in retail and attracts retailers with 0 percent handling fees.

No need for credit cards or telephones: Revolut is experimenting in the UK with a payment authenticated by facial recognition. For the moment, the device is limited to three London cafes, but the technology shows above all how far the neobank wants to go to control the entire payment chain.

In London, Revolut tests "Pay with Smile" payment by face recognition. The pilot himself is manageable: three cafés, three days and special coffee for a British pound. More interesting than the biometry is the payment model behind it. The payment runs via Revolut Pay directly from the Revolut account – without a classic card payment. Together ... The article Biometric Checkout: Revolut tests with Pay with Smile Payment without card and smartphon…

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IT Finanzmagazin broke the news on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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