American Express adds face and fingerprint biometrics for online transactions

American Express announced it is adding face and fingerprint recognition to SafeKey to meet regulatory requirements and securely streamline online checkout through a pilot program, claiming to be the first card issuer to use such features. Select U.S. card members can use SafeKey to check out on devices that support facial or fingerprint recognition.

SafeKey is American Express’ security standard for online transactions, based on the 3D Secure protocol for card-not-present transactions.

If a customer is checking out through a …

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