FACEPHI – a Gold Sponsor and Exhibitor at APEX FTE EMEA and Ancillary & Retailing – delivers digital identity solutions that seamlessly integrate security, fraud prevention, and compliance within an intelligent ecosystem. Leveraging a deep background in high-assurance identity for the banking industry, FACEPHI contributes to the aviation industry by issuing and presenting ‘immigration-grade’ Digital Identities such as DTC Type 1 and derived ePassport Verifiable Credentials. “For carriers, this moves Identity Verification to the digital storefront,” explains Mike Luparelli Mathieu, Product Innovation Director, FACEPHI. “Automating the verification of passenger admissibility remotely or before boarding creates massive operational efficiencies against strict destination entry requirements. By combining biometrics with decentralised credentials, we provide strong authentication at airport touchpoints, replacing traditional friction with true, secure automation.”
Ancillary and retailing services represent a major revenue stream and a vital driver of operational results for carriers, particularly low-cost carriers, contributing up to 60% of revenue. “However, repetitive form-fills and legacy payment authentication flows cause massive cart abandonment from booking to inflight,” says Luparelli Mathieu. “FACEPHI is sponsoring APEX FTE EMEA and Ancillary & Retailing to show commercial leaders how a decentralised Digital Identity framework acts as well as an EBITDA stabilisation tool. By replacing checkout friction with instant Digital Trust, a passenger’s biometric profile becomes a secure, one-click wallet. We are here to engage with decision-makers to prove that a minor lift in ancillary conversion has a disproportionately massive impact on their bottom line.”
As well as being a Gold Sponsor, FACEPHI is also exhibiting at APEX FTE EMEA and Ancillary & Retailing. Attendees can expect to see how FACEPHI bridges secure off-airport verification with frictionless on-airport movement through its Ready to Travel and Seamless Travel suites. “Ready to Travel digitalises passenger eligibility and booking from the comfort of home, providing the passenger with their own digital credentials,” Luparelli Mathieu shares. “Those same decentralised credentials then orchestrate a Seamless Travel experience at the airport, replacing siloed, repetitive security stops with continuous biometric movement on the move (at bag drops, security, lounges, and boarding gates). Furthermore, we are thrilled to preview our upcoming innovation phase: Agentic Identity and Payments. We are actively looking for early adopters for PoCs to test this framework, which converges identity, consent, eligibility, and payments into a single, one-motion transaction.”
Besides Agentic Identity and Payment, FACEPHI is also highlighting major upgrades to its Behavioural Biometric technology, which operates at the continuous session level. If a passenger unintentionally compromises their credentials – for example via a phishing attack – FACEPHI’s technology detects anomalies in user behaviour and alerts the airline’s digital channel in real-time. “This effectively blocks fraudsters from accessing loyalty points, status benefits, and stored payment methods,” Luparelli Mathieu explains. “For carriers and OTAs, this provides robust evidence for non-repudiation, drastically reducing successful card-not-present fraud and costly chargeback claims.”
As first-time participant at APEX FTE EMEA and Ancillary & Retailing, FACEPHI’s goal is to firmly position the company as the premier Digital Trust provider for the future of aviation. “We want to move beyond standard IT pitches,” Luparelli Mathieu adds. “We are looking to engage in strategic conversations with forward-thinking executives – the kind of collaborative dialogues that directly shape joint product innovation roadmaps and drive the future of Ready, Seamless, and Agentic travel.”
Hear more from FACEPHI at the co-located APEX FTE EMEA and APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing events, taking place in Dublin on 9-11 June 2026. Miguel Luparelli, Product Innovation Director, FACEPHI, is participating in a session focused on ‘How Agentic AI is shifting the way the aviation commercial ecosystem operates, and what the future might hold’.
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