{
  "id": 9503913,
  "title": "Revolut is piloting a new POS system that uses facial recognition for payments at the UK coffee chain Kiss the Hippo, ahead of a full launch later this year (Charlie Wells/Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/revolut-is-piloting-a-new-pos-system-that-uses-facial-recognition-for",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-24T06:15:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-23/revolut-is-bringing-facial-recognition-checkout-to-uk-businesses"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Revolut Ltd. is piloting a new point-of-sale system in the UK that will let customers make in-store payments using their faces, as it pushes to bank more businesses.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}