Sberbank continues aggressive moves to lock up local market for retail face biometrics

There are a lot of problems with even covering business in Russia, but from a flurry of recent reports, facial recognition for payments is blossoming quickly.

A surprising volume of the biometric news out of the troubled economy involves state-owned financial services firm Sberbank.

The bank is lining up strategic relationships to make sure its retail network of face-scanning terminals work as billed and hold off competitors.

This week, Sberbank said it will partner with the Center for Biometric Technologies, …

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