Mobile payment

Skepticism About Alipay Facial Recognition Rises

Face Recognition
In the wake of Alipay’s announcement that it is going to use facial recognition technology for user authentication in mobile payments, some are starting to ask if that kind of security is really enough. Dan Moren, in particular, says he has found a flaw in the system in a new Popular Science article.

Alibaba Demos ‘Smile to Pay’ Facial Recognition App

Alibaba just made a huge leap forward in identity verification, moving beyond fingerprint- and eyeball-scanning to facial recognition. Founder Jack Ma took center stage at the CeBit  2015 conference in Hannover, Germany, to demonstrate Smile To Pay, Alibaba’s smartphone payment system.