Biometrics will make payments more secure

Voice identification, facial recognition, fingerprint reading or heartbeat analysis: biometric identification methods will be used more and more this year on mobile phones and online payment platforms at the expense of the usual password.

In France, clients of Banque Postale will soon be able to validate their transactions by voice command. According to Gilles Florey, CEO of the Valaisan company KeyLemon, this method can work if it is used within the framework of a series of questions and answers. KeyLemon uses passive facial recognition that asks no effort of the user.

Read the whole article (in French) here: La biométrie s'invite pour sécuriser les paiements

Source: www.20min.ch