Friday, 17 October 2014

MasterCard Launches World's First Fingerprint Authenticated Card

Card payment company, MasterCard, has lainched the world’s first fingerprint authenticated payment card, following a partnership with Norwegian startup Zwipe.

The Zwipe MasterCard uses a fingerprint sensor on the card to authenticate contact-less payments and can be integrated seamlessly with existing payment technologies.

The card provides the power to run the fingerprint scanner by harvesting energy from radio frequencies emitted by payment terminals.
Apple Pay and the rise of biometric payments

The announcement comes days ahead of the launch of Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payment system that utilises near-field communication (NFC) technology, together with the Touch ID fingerprint sensors found on the latest iPhone and iPad models.

Zwipe has already trialled the card in Norway in collaboration with the bank Sparebanken DIN and the partnership with MasterCard should see a much wider rollout of the technology.

Card payment company, MasterCard, has lainched the world’s first fingerprint authenticated payment card, following a partnership with Norwegian startup Zwipe.
The Zwipe MasterCard uses a fingerprint sensor on the card to authenticate contactless payments and can be integrated seamlessly with existing payment technologies.
The card provides the power to run the fingerprint scanner by harvesting energy from radio frequencies emitted by payment terminals.
Apple Pay and the rise of biometric payments
The announcement comes days ahead of the launch of Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payment system that utilises near-field communication (NFC) technology, together with the Touch ID fingerprint sensors found on the latest iPhone and iPad models.
Zwipe has already trialled the card in Norway in collaboration with the bank Sparebanken DIN and the partnership with MasterCard should see a much wider rollout of the technology.
- See more at: http://bizwatchnigeria.ng/mastercard-launches-worlds-first-fingerprint-authenticated-card/#sthash.A5ta4GSe.dpuf

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