No More PINs? UPI May Use Face ID, Fingerprint for Verification
Move by National Payments Corporation of India aims to reduce PIN theft and digital payment frauds
Jul 30, 2025, 16:05 IST
July 30, 2025 - Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which has become the country’s largest mode of digital payment, may soon roll out biometric authentication. This means users will no longer need to enter a four- or six-digit PIN for transactions. Instead, the system will use facial recognition or fingerprint scanning to verify the user.
This new feature is being introduced in response to the increasing incidents of PIN theft and online fraud. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has been working on this functionality for the past year and it is expected to be launched in the coming months.
Once this system is launched, the user will be able to make payments after scanning the QR code and simply using the fingerprint or facial recognition.
Before the feature is officially implemented, the UPI ecosystem must be ready to support it. NPCI has already shared a draft of the feature with its partners and sought their feedback. The feature demo is likely to be presented at the Global Fintech Fest in October.
Source: Media Reports
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