Dec. 19, 2018
Gemalto is working with Mastercard and banking group Intesa Sanpaolo on a pilot program for Italy's first biometric contactless payment card.
Gemalto, an Amsterdam-based digital security firm, said the technology allows customers to tap cards at a point-of-sale terminal and authenticate the transaction with their fingerprint, without the need to enter a PIN code or sign a receipt, according to a press release.
The initial pilot program is scheduled to launch in Milan, Turin and Rome for a period of 16 weeks, according to Gemalto.
"We are proud to have undertaken the first step to introduce a card in Italy a card which technology offers consumers clear and concrete benefits, following our choice to anticipate and facilitate the diffusion of innovative technologies functional to people's everyday banking," Cinzia Bruzzone, retail manager at Intesa Sanpaolo, in the release.
Intesa Sanpaolo is the largest banking group in Italy, with 11.9 million customers and 4,400 branches, according to the release.
Topics: Contactless / NFC, EMV, Mobile Banking, Region: EMEA, Security
Companies: Gemalto, MasterCard
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