Preference for biometric payments in U.S. in 2023, by age and gender

Gen Z's preference to use biometric authentication for payments in the United States was on par with that of Generation X. This is according to a survey held among consumers ages 18 to 75 - with "Gen Z" here being defined as the age group 18 to 24 years old. The source claims the use of biometric payment is "on the horizon", although it does not specify which type of biometric authentication it refers to here. "Biometric payments" is a collector for any POS payment performed using a person's physical trait. This can include iris scanning or speech recognition, but often refers to facial recognition and fingerprint scanning. Of all the various types of digital or cashless payments, biometrics is relatively undocumented. This may be due to facial recognition technology in the United States, for example, being mostly applied to passport checks and building access rather than payments.