Who offers "biometric payment" terminals for retail stores?

Biometric payment solutions for retail are shifting away from standalone proprietary hardware (such as the discontinued Amazon One system) toward software-and-sensor modules integrated directly into mainstream payment terminals.

Major terminal manufacturers and tech providers offering biometric checkout capabilities for retail stores include:

• Verifone & PopID — Verifone partnered with PopID to embed and retrofit biometric modules into their payment hardware. They provide camera-based modules that attach to existing terminals or build face and palm authentication directly into new Verifone checkout devices.
• Ingenico & Fujitsu — Ingenico partnered with Fujitsu Frontech to integrate Fujitsu's touchless PalmSecure (palm-vein scanning) technology into Ingenico's Android-powered AXIUM payment terminals. This allows customers to pay by hovering their hand over an infrared sensor instead of using a card or PIN.
• PAX Technology & Wink — PAX Technology partnered with biometric software provider Wink to integrate multimodal biometric authentication (face, palm, and voice recognition) into PAX's line of smart Android payment terminals.

(Note: While Amazon pioneered retail palm payments via Amazon One , Amazon officially discontinued and removed the service from its physical retail footprints, including Whole Foods and Amazon Go stores).

Would you like to explore integrating these biometric options into a specific POS system , or do you need details on privacy and compliance requirements for retail biometrics?

Yes. The market is real, but it’s still relatively early: many “biometric payment” offerings are pilots or specialized deployments rather than a commodity terminal you can order from a mainstream payment processor.

Here are the vendors I’d look at:

• PayEye — Offers the eyePOS terminal, using a combination of iris + facial biometrics. It was used in Mastercard’s European biometric-checkout pilot with Empik in Poland. PayEye says its terminal is PCI-PTS certified and approved by EMVCo, Mastercard and Visa.
• PopID — Provides face and palm-based payment/identity for merchants, including POS/kiosk and restaurant applications. Its model links a customer's biometric identity to payment credentials rather than simply adding a fingerprint reader to a conventional card terminal.
• NEC Corporation — Provides facial-recognition and liveness technology for biometric checkout. NEC partnered with Mastercard to bring biometric checkout to Asia-Pacific.
• Fujitsu — Has biometric technologies including PalmSecure and has been part of Mastercard's biometric-checkout ecosystem.
• Wink + SUNMI — A particularly interesting newer combination. Their 2026 partnership puts face, palm and voice biometrics onto SUNMI Android payment devices, including mobile, desktop and kiosk terminals, while retaining conventional payment rails.
• Mastercard — Not really a terminal manufacturer, but its Biometric Checkout Program is probably the most important ecosystem to investigate. It provides the framework connecting merchants, banks, biometric providers and payment technology companies.

An important distinction

There are actually three different products people call “biometric payment terminals”:

The last one is very different: the card itself contains the biometric sensor, so the merchant can use an ordinary EMV terminal rather than installing a biometric POS. Mastercard says its biometric card was designed to work with existing EMV terminals.

If you're evaluating this for a retail chain

I'd focus first on Wink/SUNMI, PopID, PayEye, and the Mastercard Biometric Checkout ecosystem. The key question isn't just “does the terminal recognize a face/palm?” but how the biometric identity gets tokenized and connected to the customer's payment account, and whether the solution works with your existing processor/POS.

If you tell me what country you're deploying in and roughly how many stores/terminals, I can narrow this down to vendors that are actually commercially deployable there and compare terminal hardware, biometric modality, payment processor compatibility, certifications, pricing, and integration requirements.

Yes. There are several vendors offering biometric payment terminals or biometric-payment technology for retail, although the market is still relatively small and fragmented.

If you're actually sourcing terminals

I'd divide the market into three approaches:

1. Integrated payment terminal: Ingenico + biometric technology is the closest match if you want something resembling a normal EMV countertop/mobile terminal.
2. Biometric layer on an Android POS: SUNMI + Wink is interesting if you're willing to use an Android payment device and want face/palm/voice options.
3. Dedicated biometric payment platform: PopID or CeletelPay if the goal is to make the customer's face or palm itself the payment credential, rather than merely adding biometric authentication to a card transaction.

One important distinction: "biometric payment" can mean either biometric authentication of a conventional card transaction or a true biometric-linked payment credential. The latter requires considerably more infrastructure—enrollment, identity/token management, payment-network integration, consent/privacy controls, and PCI/security considerations.

If you're evaluating vendors for a real retail rollout, I can also put together a current shortlist of ~10 providers and compare terminal models, biometric modality, EMV/PCI certifications, payment processors, SDK/API availability, U.S. availability, approximate pricing, and whether they actually sell hardware to third-party retailers.

Biometric payment solutions for retail rely on software platforms that integrate with standard or specialized point-of-sale (POS) hardware (such as cameras, touchscreens, or palm scanners) rather than a single monolithic "biometric terminal" manufactured by just one brand.

Key technology providers and hardware integrations driving biometric checkout in retail include:

• Wink - Provides an AI-driven biometric identity and payment platform (supporting face, palm, and voice recognition) that integrates directly into existing hardware ecosystems. They partner with major POS and terminal manufacturers like Clover, SUNMI, PAX Technology , and Elo Touch Solutions to enable biometric checkout without requiring specialized proprietary registers.
• HID Global - Offers multimodal biometric authentication components (including fingerprint and facial recognition modules) that can be embedded directly into self-service retail kiosks and POS terminals.
• Fujitsu - Offers PalmSecure , an enterprise biometric palm vein reading technology utilized for secure corporate, institutional, and select high-security retail or campus point-of-sale environments.
• Tencent PalmAI - A prominent global provider of dual-modal palm print and palm vein recognition hardware/software used for payments, access control, and identity verification.
• Keyo - Specializes in touchless palm-scanning hardware and software terminals designed for identity verification, age-gating, and secure checkouts in retail and entertainment venues.

(Note: Amazon discontinued its proprietary Amazon One palm-scanning payment and entry hardware across Whole Foods and retail partner locations, shifting the market more heavily toward software-based biometric layers that integrate with standard Android/smart POS terminals like those from PAX, SUNMI, and Clover.)

Would you like to explore how biometric software integrates with a specific POS system like Clover or Elo , or are you looking for options tailored to a specific type of retail environment?

The market for biometric payment terminals in brick-and-mortar retail relies on partnerships between hardware manufacturers, software identity platforms, and major financial institutions. Instead of a single standalone device, most "biometric terminals" are standard Android-based smart POS devices embedded with or connected to specialized optical, infrared, or facial recognition modules.

Key companies and financial networks offering or enabling biometric payment solutions for retail stores include:

• Verifone Partners with identity platforms like PopID to build biometric modules into their modern hardware lineup (such as the Victa Android terminal series) to accept face and palm authentication at the point of sale.
• Ingenico Offers biometric authentication capabilities embedded in their AXIUM Android terminals, supporting high-security palm-vein and facial scanning through integrations with software and payment network partners.
• J.P. Morgan Payments Provides proprietary biometric-enabled merchant terminals (such as the Paypad and Pinpad lines) designed for large-scale retail and venue deployments, supporting face and palm authentication natively.
• PAX Technology Integrates multimodal biometric authentication (face, palm, and voice biometrics) into their SmartPOS and countertop payment hardware via partnerships with software providers like Wink.
• Fujitsu Well-known for its contactless PalmSecure palm vein technology, which scans the unique vascular patterns in a customer's hand for touchless, hygienic, and highly secure retail checkouts.
• PayEye A fintech specializing in eyePOS terminals that fuse iris and facial recognition, partnered with major infrastructure providers like Stripe to bring glance-to-pay technology to merchants.
• PopID / Wink / Payface Software and platform providers that do not manufacture the base hardware alone, but supply the AI-driven biometric enrollment, liveness detection, and identity-matching software integrated into hardware from terminal makers and kiosk builders like Elo, Sunmi, and Fujitsu.
• Mastercard Operates the global Biometric Checkout Program , establishing security, tokenization, and interoperability standards that allow terminal manufacturers and tech vendors (like NEC, Fujitsu, and Payface) to roll out face and palm payments safely in retail chains worldwide.

If you are looking to integrate this technology, would you like to explore palm-vein vs. facial recognition for a specific type of retail environment, or do you need information on integrating biometrics with an existing POS system?

Yes. If by “biometric payment terminal” you mean a retail checkout device that lets a customer authenticate/payment using a palm, face, or other biometric instead of a card/phone, there are several vendors—but the market is still relatively young, especially in the U.S.

Vendors worth looking at

Verifone is particularly notable right now: it announced biometric payment capability for its Victa terminals, supporting facial and palm recognition, with rollout beginning in Australia/New Zealand.

For a retailer wanting something closer to a ready-to-deploy payment terminal, CeletelPay's Vega P1 is one of the clearest examples: it combines palm-vein authentication with NFC, QR, EMV and an Android POS platform.

Tencent PalmAI's PayMax is another serious option. It explicitly targets retail payment and has documented deployments including 7-Eleven.

For the U.S. market, I'd pay particular attention to Wink + Clover/Fiserv. Clover announced its integration of Wink's face and palm payment technology in 2026, which potentially makes biometric payments available through an established U.S. merchant-POS ecosystem rather than requiring a retailer to build an entirely new payment stack.

One important caveat: Amazon One is no longer a good option for new retail deployments. Amazon discontinued its retail palm-payment program in 2026, including its installations at Whole Foods and other retail locations.

If you're actually sourcing terminals

I'd divide the market into three categories:

1. Payment-terminal manufacturers — Verifone, Ingenico, PAX, etc., with biometric capability added through software/partners.
2. Biometric-payment platforms — Tencent PalmAI, Wink, Keyo, IDCentriq.
3. Complete biometric POS products — CeletelPay, and various smaller OEMs.

If you tell me whether you're looking for U.S. deployment, approximate number of stores, and palm vs. facial recognition, I can narrow this to the 5–10 vendors that can actually sell/integrate a terminal for a U.S. retail operation, including approximate pricing, payment-network compatibility, and who handles biometric enrollment.

Biometric payment terminals are still an emerging market, but several companies now offer either complete biometric-enabled POS terminals or software that adds biometric authentication to existing payment hardware.

Here's a breakdown of the major players:

1. Verifone

Verifone is currently one of the largest traditional payment-terminal vendors actively deploying biometrics. Its platform supports:

• Facial recognition
• Palm vein recognition
• Loyalty identification
• Payment authentication
• Retrofit modules for existing terminals

The company positions biometrics as an addition to standard EMV, NFC, and QR payments rather than a replacement.

2. PopID

PopID provides the biometric identity layer rather than manufacturing payment terminals. Its software allows customers to:

• Pay with their face or palm
• Automatically identify loyalty accounts
• Redeem rewards
• Authenticate purchases

PopID has been adopted in restaurants, entertainment venues, and retail pilots, and partners with hardware vendors such as Verifone.

3. Wink

Wink is building a software platform that runs on commercial Android POS devices from manufacturers like PAX and SUNMI. It supports:

• Face recognition
• Palm recognition
• Voice biometrics
• Loyalty
• Age verification
• Fraud prevention

Instead of selling proprietary terminals, Wink enables biometric checkout on existing payment hardware.

4. Clover (Fiserv)

Fiserv has introduced biometric payment capabilities for Clover merchants through its partnership with Wink.

This allows merchants using Clover POS to add biometric checkout without changing payment processors.

5. PAX Technology

PAX manufactures Android payment terminals used worldwide. Through its partnership with Wink, merchants can enable biometric checkout on compatible devices.

6. SUNMI

SUNMI is another major Android POS manufacturer. Its partnership with Wink adds face and palm authentication to SUNMI payment terminals for retailers, kiosks, and hospitality businesses.

International providers

Outside North America, several companies focus specifically on palm-based payment systems:

• Tencent PalmAI — palm-payment platform used in parts of Asia for retail, transit, and financial services.
• Fujitsu — primarily supplies palm-vein authentication technology for banking and enterprise applications rather than retail POS.

Recent developments

Verifone recently announced biometric-enabled terminals that support face and palm authentication as part of its Victa product family, with deployments beginning in Australia and planned expansion elsewhere.

Market direction

Most retailers are not replacing EMV card terminals with biometric-only devices. Instead, the current trend is to use biometrics as an additional authentication method that can:

• Identify returning customers
• Apply loyalty rewards automatically
• Authorize payments without cards or phones
• Reduce fraud through liveness detection
• Speed up checkout while preserving traditional payment options

If you're evaluating solutions for a retail deployment, Verifone, PopID, Wink, Clover/Fiserv, PAX, and SUNMI are among the most established commercial offerings today.

Major payment hardware manufacturers, financial institutions, and specialized tech vendors offer biometric-enabled point-of-sale (POS) and payment terminals tailored for retail environments. Most modern implementations utilize palm vein infrared scanning or facial recognition integrated directly into smart Android terminals.

Leading providers of biometric payment terminals and ecosystem solutions for retail include:

• J.P. Morgan Payments : Offers proprietary hardware such as the Paypad Go to product viewer dialog for this item. (an 8-inch payment tablet) and Pinpad Go to product viewer dialog for this item. , equipped with built-in infrared palm vein and facial recognition cameras designed for seamless in-store "pay by touch/smile" checkouts.
• Verifone : Provides biometric-capable smart payment solutions (such as their Victa device family and general biometric authentication integrations) that support secure facial and palm-vein recognition alongside traditional chip, tap, and PIN options.
• Ingenico : Features palm vein payment solutions built directly into their AXIUM Android smart terminals, utilizing near-infrared sensors to scan subdermal vascular patterns for fast, contactless, and highly secure authentication.
• BioWavePass / X-Telcom : Supplies specialized all-in-one palm vein biometric POS hardware and modular USB scanners that integrate infrared palm detection liveness checks with standard EMV chip and NFC acceptance layers.
• Telpo : Manufactures smart Android POS terminals (like the Telpo P9 Go to product viewer dialog for this item. and custom face/fingerprint recognition series) that incorporate optional biometric and fingerprint scanning modules suited for retail and identification use cases.
• HID Global : Specializes in biometric authentication hardware and software modules (facial and fingerprint) designed to easily embed into retail self-service checkout kiosks.

Would you like to explore integration requirements for connecting these terminals to an existing POS software, or are you looking for a solution tailored to a specific retail sector (like grocery, quick-service, or apparel)?

Several financial institutions, major payment hardware manufacturers, and biometric software providers offer "biometric payment" solutions and terminals designed for retail stores.

These systems primarily use facial recognition or infrared palm vein/print scanning.

The main companies and providers offering biometric payment capabilities for retail include:

• J.P. Morgan Payments Offered the proprietary Paypad (an 8-inch tablet device) and Pinpad terminals featuring integrated facial recognition and infrared palm vein cameras for in-store authentication and payments.
• Verifone Introduced Verifone Biometrics , a platform enabling face and palm authentication that integrates with various payment hardware devices for check-in, loyalty, and secure retail checkout.
• Ingenico Collaborates on biometric checkout programs (utilizing palm vein recognition) to integrate secure, touchless biological scanning directly with standard payment terminal architectures.
• Wink Provides an AI-driven biometric identity platform that embeds face, palm, and voice payment acceptance directly into existing hardware fleets and POS ecosystems like Clover, PAX, SUNMI, and Elo.
• Amazon Operates Amazon One , a contactless palm-scanning identity and payment service deployed across Amazon-owned properties (like Whole Foods) as well as third-party retail and entertainment venues.
• PopID Acts as a major identity-verification and face-pay gateway frequently partnered with point-of-sale providers, financial processors, and restaurant/retail chains to enable "pay-by-face" infrastructure.
• Fujitsu Long known for its PalmSecure technology, Fujitsu provides contactless palm vein scanning hardware and authentication software leveraged in retail and supermarket checkout pilots.
• ZKTeco Offers a comprehensive portfolio of multi-modal biometric terminals combining facial and palm verification designed for enterprise and retail checkouts.

If you are looking to implement this for a business, would you like to know more about integration requirements with existing POS systems or data privacy compliance?

Retail biometric payment terminals are offered by a mix of payment-terminal manufacturers, biometric identity companies, and payment platforms. The market is still emerging, but these are some of the notable providers:

Hardware manufacturers to look at

If you are a retailer looking to deploy this, you will usually encounter one of these architectures:

1. Biometric-enabled payment terminal

   • Example: Android POS terminal with integrated palm/face sensor.
   • Vendors: Ingenico, PAX, SUNMI and partners.

2. Biometric reader attached to existing POS

   • A separate palm/face scanner connects to your current checkout system.
   • Useful if you already have payment infrastructure.

3. Identity/payment platform layered on existing terminals

   • The biometric provider handles enrollment, matching, tokenization, and payment authorization.
   • Examples: Wink-style integrations.

Things a retailer should evaluate

• Payment network compatibility: Visa/Mastercard/acquirer integration, EMV compliance.
• Biometric privacy requirements: storage model, encryption, consent, and regional laws (for example, U.S. biometric privacy laws such as Illinois BIPA).
• Fallback methods: customers should still be able to use cards, wallets, or cash where required.
• Enrollment friction: biometric payments generally require customers to register before use.
• Hardware retrofit vs replacement: whether the solution works with your existing POS fleet.

If you mean for a small retail store (1–20 locations) versus a large chain rollout, the vendor shortlist is quite different.