Number of Biometric Payments in Omsk Region Increases Sixfold

In 2025, residents of the Omsk Region made more than 2.1 million payments using personal biometric data. In 2024, such payments were 6.4 times fewer (329,000). These figures are reported by the Bank of Russia. The volume of transfers using biometrics reached 1.6 billion rubles. In 2024, it amounted to just over 228.7 million rubles.

The total number of electronic transfers increased from 340.5 million to 443.7 million transactions. Across Russia as a whole, this figure increased from 29.2 billion to 37.6 billion transfers. In 2025, residents of Omsk made 329.6 million transactions using internet banking or mobile banking (in 2024 — 225.9 million). Residents of the region used QR code transfers 39.9 million times last year (in 2024 — 26.7 million times).

At the same time, the volume of electronic transfers in the Omsk Region grew from 5.9 trillion to 6.2 trillion rubles over the year. Of this amount, 5.6 trillion rubles were transferred by Omsk residents using internet banking or mobile banking (in 2024 — 5 trillion rubles). The volume of QR code transfers increased from 42.6 billion to 50.9 billion rubles over the year.

On average, using biometrics per transaction last year, Omsk residents transferred 762 rubles (in 2024 — 667 rubles). The average QR code transfer decreased from 1,600 to 1,300 rubles. Overall, the average online transfer amount in the Omsk Region decreased from 17,200 to 14,000 rubles.