Amazon Pay launches UPI Biometric Authentication for PIN-free payments up to ₹5,000.

Exam-focused facts from the 19 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Amazon Pay enables fingerprint or face scan approval for UPI transactions without entering a PIN.
The facility covers transactions up to ₹5,000 across sending money, merchant payments, scan-and-pay and balance checks.
Biometric data remains on the user’s device and is not shareable, adding an extra security layer.
Over 90% of customers chose biometric authentication for eligible peer-to-peer UPI transactions in early adoption data.
The feature is currently available to Android users.