Biometric Payment Market Report 2025

This report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography.

The biometric payment market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $42.86 billion in 2024 to $46.61 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to security and fraud prevention, financial inclusion, rising cybersecurity threats, consumer convenience, increasing popularity of biometric wearables, government initiatives,.

The biometric payment market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $66.74 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.4%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing e-commerce, growing contactless payments, widespread use of smartphones, enhanced data privacy. Major trends in the forecast period include biometric payment cards, multi-modal biometrics, continuous authentication, voice and speech recognition, cross-channel authentication technologies.

The growing need for secure payment solutions is anticipated to boost the expansion of the biometric payment market in the future. Secure payment solutions encompass methods, technologies, and processes designed to protect the safety, integrity, and confidentiality of financial transactions and sensitive payment information during electronic payment processes. The rising demand for secure payment options has led to the increased adoption of biometric payment methods, which address evolving security requirements while striking a valuable balance between security and user convenience in today's payment ecosystem. For example, in January 2024, the European Central Bank reported that the number of contactless card payments in the first half of 2023 surged by 24.3%, reaching 20.9 billion, compared to 20.9 billion in the same period of 2022. The corresponding total value also increased by 25.9% to €0.5 trillion (545.27 billion). Consequently, the escalating demand for secure payment solutions is expected to drive growth in the biometric payment market.

The increasing adoption of smartphones is poised to drive the growth of the biometric payment market in the coming years. Smartphones, multifunctional electronic devices that combine the features of mobile phones and personal computers, are being widely embraced for biometric payments. These payments utilize an individual's unique physiological or behavioral characteristics, such as fingerprints, facial recognition, or iris scans, to authenticate their identity during secure transactions. In March 2023, a report by Cybercrew, a UK-based developer of cybersecurity solutions, indicated that smartphone usage in UK households had reached 91.43% in 2021, with projections indicating a rise to 93.8% by 2026. This data underscores the growing adoption of smartphones, making them a significant driver of the biometric payment market's growth.

Prominent companies within the biometric payments market are actively working on pioneering biometric checkout programs to enhance the convenience and security of payments for consumers. These innovative checkout programs empower merchants to provide biometric payment alternatives, including facial recognition and fingerprint scanning, as part of the checkout process, thereby elevating the payment experience for consumers. For instance, in May 2022, Mastercard Inc., a US-based credit card company, unveiled its Biometric Checkout Program, an advanced payment solution aimed at improving the convenience and security of payments for consumers. This program enables merchants to integrate biometric payment options like facial recognition and fingerprint scanning technologies into the checkout process, introducing a novel approach to accepting payments. The solution seamlessly combines chip technology with fingerprints, ensuring a convenient and secure verification of the cardholder's identity for in-store purchases. Additionally, it offers several advantages over conventional payment methods and is gaining increasing acceptance among both merchants and consumers.

In August 2023, SentryCard Technologies Inc., a US-based company known for its expertise in security and authentication solutions, completed a merger with X-Core Technologies. This strategic merger positions Sentry Enterprise to deliver unmatched capabilities and an extensive product portfolio to its global customer base. The company is focused on bringing groundbreaking solutions to the identity, payment, access control, and cryptocurrency markets. X-Core Technologies, also based in the US, specializes in the development of intelligent card devices for the payment industry.

Major companies operating in the biometric payment market are Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc., Samsung Electronics Co Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Fingerprint Cards AB, Tencent b-bldings Limited, Fujitsu Ltd., Visa Inc., Paypal Holdings, NEC Corporation, Mastercard Incorporated, Safran S.A., Thales Group, NXP Semiconductors N.V., ASSA ABLOY Group, Ant Group, Gemalto, PagSeguro Digital Ltd., IDEMIA, Cielo SA, Verifone Systems. Inc., StoneCo Ltd., Linxens Holding SAS, Network International Holdings plc., KONA I Co Ltd., Suprema Inc., Payconiq International SA, Mada Communications Int'l, Precise Biometrics, CardLab Inc.

North America was the largest region in the biometric payment market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in biometric payments report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa. The countries covered in the biometric payments market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The biometric payments market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as digital identity services, cloud-based biometric authentication services, and multi-factor authentication services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The biometric payments market also includes sales of fingerprint scanners, facial recognition cameras, palm vein scanners, scanning devices, biometric systems, smart card readers, and wearable devices that are used in providing biometric payment services. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

Biometric payment is a secure and convenient payment method that relies on an individual's unique physiological or behavioral characteristics, known as biometrics, to verify their identity and authorize financial transactions. This method is employed for various financial transactions and authentication purposes, offering a reliable and user-friendly way to confirm identity and enable payments.

Biometric payments come in three primary types such as contact-based, contactless, and hybrid. Contact-based payments require physical contact between a payment card and the recipient and incorporate hardware, software, and services featuring various technologies like single-factor authentication, fingerprint recognition, iris recognition, palm recognition, face recognition, signature recognition, voice recognition, biometric smart cards, and multimodal payment methods. These payments can be made via smartphones, tablets, biometric and smart cards, and more. They find application in various sectors such as banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), retail and e-commerce, travel and hospitality, transportation, healthcare, and more.

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