Visa will issue payment cards with a fingerprint scanner

Visa Inc. began testing payment cards with a popular "chip" of smartphones - a fingerprint scanner. As shown by the survey, this is the way to confirm the identity of customers prefer.

How it works
The print is stored on the card itself, and the sensor is activated when the card is inserted into the POS-terminal. After that, the cardholder can either use the usual way (PIN-code or signature on the check), or attach a finger so that the scanner "counts" the print.

When to expect
While new cards with scanners are tested by customers of two credit organizations - Mountain America Credit Union and Bank of Cyprus. Whether they will pass the test and become mass - it is still unknown.

By the way, Visa's main competitor, MasterCard, is testing a similar system since April last year.