2019
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China
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Singapore
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UAE
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Detailed explanation-1: -All it takes is a smile for Chinese shoppers to pay at local diners, now that Alibaba Group affiliate, Ant Financial Services Group , has introduced facial recognition to authenticate digital payments. The technology may soon spread across China to include multiple points of sale.
Detailed explanation-2: -Around 1 in 5 of the countries we looked at have FRT on some of their buses, with five of these countries already having widespread use of the technology on this form of public transport. These countries are Brazil, China, Kazakhstan, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates.
Detailed explanation-3: -UPSC Mains. Q. Which country has become the first to use facial verification in its national ID database? Notes: Singapore is to become the world’s first country to use facial verification in its national identification database.
Detailed explanation-4: -The earliest pioneers of facial recognition were Woody Bledsoe, Helen Chan Wolf and Charles Bisson. In 1964 and 1965, Bledsoe, along with Wolf and Bisson began work using computers to recognise the human face.
Detailed explanation-5: -This cashless payment method is largely achieved by scanning a QR code: people scan the QR code in the store and then pay the order amount on their phones. Facial recognition makes payment easier – You don’t even need your phone, just your face.