PayEye sp. z o.o.
| Private limited company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Financial technology |
| Founded 📆 | 2019 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Wrocław , Poland |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | eyePOS terminals; PayEye mobile app; eyeID |
| Services | Biometric authentication and in-store payment |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | pay-eye |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
PayEye sp. z o.o. (styled as PayEye) is a Polish financial-technology company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Wrocław, Poland. The company develops biometric authentication systems intended for retail payments and related applications, including dedicated point-of-sale terminals (marketed as eyePOS), a consumer mobile application and an identity/age-verification product called eyeID. PayEye has been the subject of national and trade media coverage for pilot deployments of iris- and face-based payment systems and for a 2024 pilot announced in cooperation with Mastercard and the Empik retail chain.[1][2]
History
PayEye was established in 2019 in Wrocław, Poland, although Daniel Jarząb, the founder and current CEO, began working on the project in 2018. According to regional press coverage, the company ran early public trials of an iris-recognition payment service at selected merchants in Wrocław in mid-2020.[3][4]
In 2021 PayEye demonstrated a second-generation point-of-sale device (eyePOS 2.0) at industry events and described a "fusion" approach combining iris and face biometric modalities in its product messaging; trade press covered these technical developments and demonstrations.[5]
In June 2022 PayEye announced an updated consumer service (referred to in company communications as PayEye 2.0) that added remote mobile activation (selfie-based enrollment and card linking), replacing an earlier primarily in-person enrolment flow reported during initial pilots.[6][7][not in citation given]
In June 2024 Mastercard announced the launch of a Biometric Checkout pilot programme in Europe and named PayEye as a partner for a pilot deployed with Empik and an acquiring partner in several Polish stores; the announcement and contemporaneous reporting identified PayEye's technology as the local biometric solution used in that pilot.[8][9]
In January 2025 PayEye announced an eyeID feature (described as an age-verification and automated hotel check-in capability) and industry press reported a deployment at a Polish hotel property.[10]
Products and technology
PayEye's product offering includes dedicated point-of-sale hardware marketed as eyePOS, a consumer mobile application used for enrolment and payment initiation, and the eyeID identity/age-verification service. The company's technical documentation and product pages describe a "fusion" approach that combines iris and facial biometric modalities; biometric images are converted into templates used for authentication, which are linked to a payment method or account at enrolment.[11][not in citation given]
Reception
PayEye has received coverage in Polish national and regional media as well as in international trade publications. The company gained its highest-profile coverage in June 2024 when Mastercard announced a Biometric Checkout pilot in Europe that identified PayEye as a technology partner for deployments in several Empik stores; the announcement was reported by both the payments industry press and national outlets.[12][13]
Trade publications have covered PayEye's technical developments (such as demonstrations of eyePOS hardware and use of combined iris/face modalities), and Polish specialist outlets have reported on product updates and pilot trials in Wrocław and other deployments.[14][15][16]
See also
References
- ↑ "PayEye płatność okiem zamiast kartą i telefonem. To już działa". Rzeczpospolita. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Buy with your eyes, pay with your glance!". Mastercard. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Wrocławski PayEye testuje unikalny system płatności". Wroclaw.pl. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Płaciliśmy spojrzeniem – wrocławska firma PayEye wprowadza unikalny system płatności". Wroclaw.pl TV. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "New partnerships, face and iris biometric payment systems for PopID and PayEye". Biometric Update. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "PayEye wprowadza usługę drugiej generacji. Aplikację w wersji 2.0 można aktywować przez selfie". Cashless.pl. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ Sawilska, Ada (13 June 2022). "New PayEye 2.0 service with fusion of eye and face biometrics". PayEye.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Buy with your eyes, pay with your glance!". Mastercard. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Mastercard Brings Biometric Checkout Program to Europe". IDTechWire. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Rewolucja PayEye w pierwszym hotelu: płacenie okiem i check-in bez dowodu". Telepolis.pl. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ Sawilska, Ada (13 June 2022). "New PayEye 2.0 service with fusion of eye and face biometrics". PayEye.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Buy with your eyes, pay with your glance!". Mastercard. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Mastercard Brings Biometric Checkout Program to Europe". IDTechWire. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "New partnerships, face and iris biometric payment systems for PopID and PayEye". Biometric Update. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "PayEye wprowadza usługę drugiej generacji. Aplikację w wersji 2.0 można aktywować przez selfie". Cashless.pl. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Wrocławski PayEye testuje unikalny system płatności". Wroclaw.pl. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
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