Toss expands Facepay facial recognition payments to department stores and cinemas

South Korean fintech Toss is extending its Facepay facial recognition payments from convenience stores and cafes to a Hyundai department store and CJ CGV cinemas, while launching a smaller merchant terminal. It is also testing stablecoin payments with Gwangju Bank and reviewing how to add face authentication to them. If the pilots proceed, a person's face could become the key to programmable digital money, linking biometric identity directly to the ability to buy and sell.