International payment systems Visa and Mastercard may add fingerprint scanner on your Bank cards. The company has already started testing this technology. This was reported by the Wall Street Journal.
According to the developers, biometric identification with fingerprints needs to significantly increase payment security and reduce the risks of fraud in stores when paying by credit card. In addition, such cards will not need to enter the PIN code, the user will only have to put the finger to the map.
Among the disadvantages of technology is the cost. It is noted that us banks spent more than a billion dollars over several years to re-issue cards with chips and reissue cards with scanners will become even more expensive. However, the interest on such cards exist, especially for corporate use and rich users, often travelling abroad.