Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to introduce facial recognition technology for Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) at its 500,000 banking points.

• Airtel Payments Bank is one of the initial four banks to provide facial recognition for AePS.
• Airtel Payments Bank’s COO, Ganesh Ananthanarayanan, expressed his delight in partnering with NPCI to provide their valuable customers with this new feature, stating that facial recognition is a vital addition to their range of secure and user-friendly banking services.
• He further added that this technology will facilitate financial and digital inclusion across the nation.
• The National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) enables clients to perform financial and non-financial transactions at any bank point by utilizing their Aadhaar number or virtual ID to access their Aadhaar-connected bank account.