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Trending Now 7 using high quality photos and high definition videos. Since none of the companies mentioned above have yet launched “Selfie Payments” for public, it's really difficult to predict the extent of its speed, effectiveness and above all the level of security. These factors along with the overall user experience will determine the fate of this technology. Seeing the track record of similar technologies and with the kind of investments and technological advancements being made today “Selfie Payments” will definitely make its mark. Until then Smile, Click & Share. Happy Selfing! About the author: Ankit Gohil is the Business Development Manager for Mobile Financial Solutions at Mahindra Comviva. He has completed his masters from Indian Institute of Management Indore. Prior to his current stint, he worked with Oracle India and Virtusa. He is a technology enthusiast with a keen interest in payments space. R E F E R E N C E S http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/22/technology/mastercard-selfie-pay-fingerprint-payments/ https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/12336/how-the-selfie-is-revolutionising-mobile-payments http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35631456 https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2016/jun/23/mobile-commerce-growing-security-mcommerce https://www.inverse.com/article/13870-pay-with-a-selfie-why-google-amazon-and-mastercard-want-us-to-do-it http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-buys-artificial-intelligence-startup-emotient-1452188715 https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/24/apple-faceshift/ http://www.techtimes.com/articles/40857/20150319/ailibabas-jack-ma-demos-pay-selfie-technology.htm https://www.kapronasia.com/china-payments-research/alipay-moves-closer-to-public-launch-of-selfiepayments.html http://www.itnews.com.au/news/amazon-files-patent-for-selfie-pay-417033 http://paymentweek.com/2016-7-18-ill-pay-with-google-four-words-to-get-mcdonalds-faster-9784/