Security News > 2021 > July > Thales’s biometric payment card provides users with increased security and convenience

This new card, which integrates a biometric sensor, provides users with increased security and convenience.

The contactless biometric card simplifies proximity payments and also provides an essential level of privacy and confidence.

In terms of security, the biometric card ultimately means that a lost or stolen card is useless without the owner's fingerprint to authenticate a contactless transaction.

The Thales EMV contactless biometric payment card is the only solution in the industry fully certified by major EMV payment schemes like MasterCard and Visa.

"After a trial of the Thales biometric payment card and its positive outcome, we have now opened the offer to all our customers with confidence. This premium solution addresses several challenges such as convenience, safety and contactless. A simple yet rigorous enrollment process has been set in the branch so the biometric data never leaves the card. This is a key pre-requisite as we take the privacy of our customers' data very seriously," said Jean-Marie Dragon, Head Of Payments and Cards, BNP Paribas.

"The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the Tech sector to develop touchless solutions and has indirectly resulted in higher transaction levels being processed without a second authentication factor. The biometric payment card allows contactless payment for any amount while safeguarding the privacy of this very personal data," said Bertrand Knopf, SVP Banking and Payment Solutions at Thales.

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