By Tom Phillips[1] • • Updated • nfcw.com[2]
Mediterranean Bank[3] in Libya will be the first in the country to trial biometric payment cards that enable customers to authenticate contactless payments with their fingerprint.
The bank will pilot a “single silicon biometric payment card platform to assess its impact on making [the] payments experience seamless and more secure for consumers,” Norway-based biometric card technology provider Zwipe says.
Banks in India, Iraq, Mexico, Lebanon and Egypt announced plans to begin testing biometric payment cards[4] built on Zwipe’s platform in January.
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