In the autumn, new Sber terminals with biometric support will appear in Russian retail stores. This was told by the head of the Sber's Acquiring department, Sergey Shubochkin.

"At the cashier, the buyer can choose biometrics as a method of payment, after which the equipment will start the process: you smile - the payment has passed", - he explained the principle of payment using biometrics.

According to the top manager, Sber experimented with various methods of payment, but in the case of biometrics, many difficulties arise. So, for example, it is necessary to make sure that there is a living person in front of the terminal camera, not a posted photo of him. Therefore, when paying by biometrics, Sber will use "advanced from the point of view of reliability and stability of work technology solutions".

Sber currently has about 2 million POS terminals throughout Russia, which need modernization. The bank will conduct systematic work on their upgrade, implementing "modern devices with card reading functions, color display with multitouch function and presence of a camera for reading QR codes and payment using biometrics". The first batch of terminals with "smile payment" in the amount of several thousand will be installed in the autumn.