Scorecard honors Verifone’s integrated platform for enabling reusable biometric identity across participating merchants;
Platform uses unique physical characteristics — such as facial features or the vein map in your hand — to verify identity before authorizing access;
It’s offered as a retrofit add-on, integration into multiple POS brands, or via Verifone’s biometric-enabled POS Victa terminals
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the second consecutive year, Verifone, a global leader in payments and commerce technologies, was named Best in Class for Biometric Identity and Payment Platform in Javelin Strategy & Research’s 2026 Emerging Biometric Authentication at the Point of Sale Scorecard, which recognized Verifone’s platform for letting consumers enroll once and pay with a glance at any participating merchant.
"Every advance in checkout has asked shoppers to bring something extra: a card, a phone, a password. Biometrics removes that step,” said Amarinder Bansal, Senior Vice President, Global Products at Verifone. “Being named Best in Class for a second consecutive year confirms that a shopper’s identity can travel with them from store to store, securely and with their consent.”
The Verifone biometric platform uses unique physical characteristics, such as facial features or the vein map in your hand, to verify identity before authorizing a payment.
Merchants can adopt the platform three ways:
- as a retrofit add-on for existing payment devices, including qualified non-Verifone terminals;
- through Verifone SDKs and APIs that build biometrics into multiple POS brands; and
- on select Verifone Victa devices, which combine biometrics with card (magstripe and EMV contactless), tap-to-pay, mobile wallets, QR codes and pay by bank.
Shoppers opt in to use Verifone biometrics. The platform does not scan passively. Liveness detection guards against spoofing and deep fakes while a standard card payment method serves when a scan fails. Verifone does not hold the biometric data; the organization where the shopper enrolled does. The platform adheres to global security and privacy requirements, including PCI, GDPR, ISO/IEC 19794 and 30107, and FIDO Alliance principles.
The Javelin scorecard
The Javelin scorecard assesses the emerging market for biometric authentication at the point of sale and identifies three pillars in this emerging technology, each with its own Best in Class vendor: End-to-End Solutions, Biometric Identity and Payment Platform, and Biometric Authentication as a Service.
About Verifone
Verifone is a leading global payments technology provider trusted by the world's top brands. Verifone powers the boundless payments grid, enabling distinctive commerce experiences for merchants, fintech companies, and financial institutions wherever commerce happens. By combining a flexible platform, an open ecosystem of 2,500+ integrations, and four decades of payments expertise, Verifone eliminates payment complexity and expands what's possible across every payment channel.
Contact:
Lisa Lanspery
Verifone
lisa.lanspery@verifone.com
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