Thales Biometric Payment Card: a Secure Innovation in Your Pocket
20 Luglio 2021 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
- More than 20 projects already developed by Thales. Fingerprint
biometrics set to be the authentication method of choice for EMV
payment cards.
- Social distancing drives demand for a contactless and touchless
in-store payment experience. Biometric payment cards meet this need
for all transactions, with no spending limits.
- Thales is first to provide a contactless biometric card fully
compliant with major payment scheme certifications.
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Payment cards are familiar products, which are part of our
daily lives. They have evolved quickly over recent years with the
emergence of contactless technology. At the heart of this move,
Thales has helped banks to constantly reinvent the card itself and
offer the best payment experience. This new innovative card, which
integrates a biometric sensor, provides users with increased
security and convenience. This latest generation of cards
represents a key milestone in the payment space.
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The contactless biometric card dramatically simplifies proximity
payments and also provides an essential level of privacy and
confidence. The user’s fingerprint data is loaded on the card via a
simple and secure personal enrollment process, carried out from
home or at a bank branch. In addition, none of the biometric
details used for the enrolment are shared with any third party; the
fingerprint in the card’s chip is only used to provide a local
authentication of the cardholder when paying contactless. Neither
the retailer nor the bank get access to biometric data as it stays
securely stored in the chip of the card.
In terms of security, the biometric card ultimately means that a
lost or stolen card is useless without the owner’s fingerprint to
authenticate a contactless transaction. In such trustworthy payment
environments, there is no need to set any payment limit. What’s
more, whenever the cardholder's fingerprint can't be used - such as
for ATM cash withdrawals – use of a PIN code is still possible as a
fallback solution.
The Thales EMV contactless biometric payment card is the only
solution in the industry fully certified by major EMV payment
schemes like MasterCard and Visa. After a series of successful
trials around the world, the solution has been commercialized in
several countries.
“After a trial of the Thales biometric payment card and its
positive outcome, we have now opened the offer to all our customers
with confidence. This premium solution addresses several challenges
such as convenience, safety and contactless. A simple yet rigorous
enrollment process has been set in the branch so the biometric data
never leaves the card. This is a key pre-requisite as we take the
privacy of our customers’ data very seriously.” Jean-Marie
Dragon, Head Of Payments and Cards, BNP Paribas.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the Tech sector to develop
touchless solutions and has indirectly resulted in higher
transaction levels being processed without a second authentication
factor. The biometric payment card allows contactless payment for
any amount while safeguarding the privacy of this very personal
data.” Bertrand Knopf, SVP Banking and Payment Solutions at
Thales
About Thales
Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced
technologies, investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations –
connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and
quantum computing – to build a confident future crucial for the
development of our societies. The Group provides its customers –
businesses, organisations and governments – in the defense,
aeronautics, space, transport, and digital identity and security
domains with solutions, services and products that help them fulfil
their critical role, consideration for the individual being the
driving force behind all decisions.
Thales has 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2020 the Group
generated sales of €17 billion.
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