My next guest is developing a technology that uses your face to make payments, which crucially bypasses the big American card payment systems such as MasterCard or Visa.
Fintech Ireland caught up with leading Irish fintech startup FacePOS's James Hannigan (CEO) and Paddy Bolger (CFO) for a couple of post St Paddy Day pints at Doheny & Nesbitt in Dublin last night (Wednesday 18th March 2026). We and Fintech UK are very proud to have supported FacePOS on its journey thus far and we look forward to continuing to do so.
This morning, Thursday 20th March 2026, James was interviewed in a short, concise and punchy interview on the future of payments and in particular a future without card schemes.
James was introduced by the interviewer as "My next guest is developing a technology that uses your face to make payments, which crucially bypasses the big American card payment systems such as MasterCard or Visa."
The Sligo-based FacePOS has been accepted into the Central Bank of Ireland's Sandbox scheme as part of FacePOS's mission to be accepted by the banks and retailers.
James covered, among many other topics:
This morning, Thursday 20th March 2026, James was interviewed in a short, concise and punchy interview on the future of payments and in particular a future without card schemes.
James was introduced by the interviewer as "My next guest is developing a technology that uses your face to make payments, which crucially bypasses the big American card payment systems such as MasterCard or Visa."
The Sligo-based FacePOS has been accepted into the Central Bank of Ireland's Sandbox scheme as part of FacePOS's mission to be accepted by the banks and retailers.
James covered, among many other topics:
- how FacePOS has created a platform that allows both consumers and businesses to have FacePOS on their app and in their banking app. This allows the customer to walk in, tap their phone using NFC to perform a customer bank account to merchant bank account transaction.
- it's all about verification of paying, knowing who you're paying, knowing the amount of money you're paying to the business.
- it's very, very important for Europe to have sovereignty in payments.
- FacePOS will be showcasing further its app during the Central Bank of Ireland event on 25 June 2026.
| You can download the FacePOS app from Google Play and Apple Store to see what all the excitement is about. |  |