Future of biometric payments and digital ID taking shape

Palm biometrics is one of the in-person payment authentication modalities the major platform operators are betting on, and digital wallets are where we all keep our IDs in the future. In the former case, Mastercard has partnered with Ingenico, Fulcrum, Fujitsu Frontech and Scanntech, and Amazon is doubling down. In the latter case, eleven teams are getting a shot to prototype Germany’s digital wallet, as the continent and digital identity ecosystem come to grips with the implications of eIDAS 2.0 …

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