Mastercard launches biometric security in Latin America
Mastercard has confirmed the release of its biometric Identity Check Mobile service in Brazil and Mexico. Allowing users to authenticate online payments via selfies or fingerprint scanning, the service launch follows successful trials in the US, Canada and the Netherlands. 

Mastercard has launched its biometric Identity Check Mobile service in Brazil and Mexico, the payments giant has confirmed. The service allows cardholders to authenticate online payments by scanning their fingerprint or by taking a selfie. The Latin America rollout comes after “trials in the Netherlands, the US and Canada found consumers preferred biometrics to authenticate payments”, Mastercard adds. The service became available to US financial institutions in 2016, with a global expansion expected to increase in 2017.

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