Acuity Market Intelligence is taking some time to reflect on the state of the biometrics industry as it enters another decade. In doing so, the research firm highlights some of the major trends that helped biometric tech transition from a fringe concept to an everyday reality for millions of people around the world.

Acuity Market Intelligence forecasts the number of biometric touchpoints at airports to grow at a 27 percent CAGR through 2022.

Acuity Market Intelligence, meanwhile, has released fresh updates of ‘The Automated Passport Control (APC) Kiosk Deployment List’ and ‘The Automated Biometric Control (ABC) eGate Deployment List.’

Almost half of consumers with biometric technology on their smartphones have used it to authorise payments — up from 35 per cent the year before, according to Deloitte’s 2018 mobile consumer survey. By 2022, analytics group Acuity Market Intelligence estimates that 1tn transactions will be authorised by biometrics each year.

“There’s a great foundation for biometrics – there’s widespread user adoption via mobile phones and the next step in the evolution is to move that from just the convenience on our mobile phones to a more secure environment that will actually allow us to know who is on either end of a payment,” said Maxine Most, principal analyst at Acuity Market Intelligence on a panel at Money 2020 in Las Vegas this week.how to ensure impartiality, and security risks.