Mastercard’s next-gen biometric card integrates fingerprint recognition for enhanced payment security

In addition to fully supporting the world's three fast-growing mobile payment apps, Mastercard has been working on its own evolved biometric card.

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Visa Checkout, Masterpass come to Android Pay, Samsung Pay, Microsoft Wallet in 2017

What’s the bane of so many online consumers these days? No, not having to bring their computers around everywhere they go to buy everyday items — that gag’s taken.It’s having to fill out their credit card information in box-by-box forms over and over and over again. You know what would help? Bypass systems like Visa Checkout and Masterpass. You know what would really help? Mobile payments systems.Starting in early 2017, the two online card bypass systems will hitch to a few mobile payment systems to allow you to authenticate purchases made on your smartphone through ...

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Hands on with the Google Wallet Card (video)

Quite some time ago Google released Google Wallet, a payment system that let your NFC-enabled phone work with a very limited number of tap-to-pay merchants. That alone was a big enough roadblock to keep many from trying the service. Add to that the limitations of Secure Elements, carrier restrictions, and being confined to these United States, and it’s a wonder that Google Wallet ever made it to where it is today. Where exactly is that? No longer do you need a Secure Element, and the app is generally available on even previously restricted carriers. All this is good news — as ...

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