Dutch payment processor Adyen Payments is out with a video today previewing the launch of its newest payment technology: FaceID. According to the video, the FaceID system uses a mobile device's embedded camera to match a customer's face against a merchant's database of customer faces. Payment credentials are linked to the customer's picture. When a match is found, a simple "thumbs up" gesture completes the transaction.

Sound interesting? Take a look at the video and judge for yourself:

But note the release date. It's set for Sunday — April Fool's Day.

It's very possible that FaceID is a brand new type of payment method (we've seen more outlandish ideas), but the phrase "thumb-approval technology" strikes us as just too good to be true.

While payments might not bring to mind high spirits and humor, this wouldn't be the first mobile payment practical joke. Last year, mFoundry posted information on its blog about a "Mobile Cash Deposit" that prompted more then a few excited tweets to Mobile Payments Today saying, "Look at this!" 

So if FaceID is real, expect a story soon. If not, then thumbs up on a great spoof of mobile payments and the promotional videos that go with them. (And of course FaceID is being shown buying a cup of coffee. What else would a new mobile payment method be used for?)