Soon you can pay online with a selfie

03-07-2015 17:52
MasterCard is working on new ways to pay online. Besides a fingerprint on your smartphone, 
 
you will soon be able to also settle with a selfie.
To make safer online shopping, the credit card company is working on several new security methods. Following Apple should soon be possible to confirm your payment via a fingerprint on your smartphone.
 
And it should be possible to pay with a face scan. ,, For the new generation loves selfies, "said chief innovation Ajay Bhalla from MasterCard. ,, I think they will find it cool and will embrace."
 
How does it work?
You look briefly at your phone, winks and once your payment is made. MasterCard does not actually have a picture, but turns the information into a code. This code can not be reconstructed faces, promises the company.
 
MasterCard is still in the testing phase and now could ultimately decide not to pursue the selfiebetalingen. The company also currently experimenting with payments heartbeat recognition and voice recognition.
 
https://www.ad.nl/oris Bellwinkel / Source: CNN (© think stock.)
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