The credit card biometric
Biometrics, secure payment of exact science: the future of credit cards with fingerprint.
Henceforth, it seems that no longer have to fear for their payments because nothing is more certain and secure of their fingerprints, because the characteristics of individual (no individual can have a footprint equal to another) and persistence (do not change over time) make your fingerprint (dermatological) more secure than any system of Pin codes and signatures.
The payment system is based on biometric fingerprint recognition, which is in fact the only sure identification of human beings, until yesterday was generally used for security, control and immigration, but now will help ensure security payments.
Siemens has introduced in Spain a special credit card with a thickness five times higher than a normal paper because it contains a special technology (an LCD screen and optical sensors 128) that recognize the user by fingerprints and body heat .
The impression is used as irrefutable proof of identity, it is encoded and stored within the card and thanks to biometric authentication, which recognizes the fingerprint, pass the burden of codes, on the contrary impression may be exempted from or copied.
American Express, Visa, MasterCard are committed to exploring different types of technologies because these new systems of identification based on fingerprint recognition may be the best system to provide maximum security for consumers, as well as being safe, practical and reliable , will free the user from the obligation to store passwords and codes and the obligation to affix signatures on signatures: Just simply the imprint of the finger to make the payments.
Also in the United States was introduced SITEMA Pay By Touch, for retail payments (supermarkets, large chains, etc..) Enabling direct debit your bank account through a POS biometric fingerprint-activated even without even need credit card, also in China, you can pay with just a finger in many restaurants and shops in Shanghai, where an optical reader identifies the fingerprint and sends the charge to the consumer’s account.