Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Maxim Liksutov reported that the most convenient payment service has been launched at 729 more turnstiles. Previously, biometric payment worked at 2-3 turnstiles at each station.
How does payment for travel using biometrics work?
🔹 You need to register once in the system in the Moscow Metro application, take a photo and link a bank card
🔹 The neural network transforms the photo into a unique biometric key – a set of encrypted symbols. The original image cannot be restored
🔹 Go to the turnstile with the black sticker and look into the camera. It will “find” your face in the frame and generate a biometric key
🔹 Then the neural network will compare it with the key from the database in 1 second. If there is a match, the doors will open
🔹 The cost of the trip will be debited from the linked bank card account. It is only 63 rubles.
"Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has ordered that all metro turnstiles be connected to biometric payment by the end of 2025. The service is already working on all payment equipment for passage on 13 lines. And the total number of turnstiles where payment by facial recognition is available in the metro has exceeded 3 thousand. In 2026, we will connect the turnstiles of all MCD stations to the system so that paying for travel remains just as convenient and safe," said Maxim Liksutov.