| Developers: | Zwipe |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2014/10/27 |
Zwipe MasterCard is the bank card.
Zwipe MasterCard card
On October 27, 2014 it became known of joint development by the companies Zwipe and MasterCard the new bank card with the fingerprint scanner the chip for terminals where contactless payment is not supported.
MasterCard together with Zwipe created the bank card which can be used without input of the PIN code in payment terminals and ATMs.
The bank card Zwipe MasterCard contains the fingerprint scanner and the chip - for those terminals where contactless payment is not supported. For accomplishment of transaction it is necessary to put a finger to the dactyloscopic sensor and to carry out by the card over the terminal reader.
The initial version of the card was rather thick, but passed tests in the Norges Bank of Sparebanken DIN. Security and convenience of using of the card are mentioned at very high level that resulted the companies in need of creation of the second version of the card. On the format it will correspond to the normal bank card including on thickness.
The card has no accumulator - functioning of the scanner is ensured by a power supply for the period of carrying out over the terminal, is identical to how PayPass works. This technology in bank cards provides lack of payment limits, and data according to which there is user identification, on the statement of developers, are stored only on the card.
The first cards Zwipe MasterCard will enter service in 2015.
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MasterCard together with Zwipe developed the biometric payment card
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