Fingerprint Payment

Debit cards with enhanced biometric functions prevent identity theft

Trend - Businesses are transforming the traditional debit and credit card by adding an extra element of security to them–fingerprint activation. The incorporation of biometric security functions into this widespread payment platform aims to tackle the issue of identity theft.

Insight - As the majority of consumers' financial and professional lives have moved online, identity theft is a growing threat. Consumers' concern about falling victim to phishing scams and other forms of online theft has resulted in them seeking out more sophisticated solutions that ensure their protection.
Workshop Question - Conceptualize how your brand could better prevent security breaches within its business.

Trend Themes

  1. Biometric Security — Businesses are incorporating biometric security functions into widespread payment platforms to tackle the issue of identity theft.
  2. Fingerprint Activation — Fingerprint activation is being added as an extra element of security to traditional debit and credit cards, as well as other payment methods.
  3. Campus and Student ID Cards — Biometric identification cards are being implemented in universities and other institutions to provide secure and logical access on campus, as well as identity verification and other functions.

Industry Implications

  1. Banking and Financial Services — The banking and financial services industry can use biometric technology to enhance the security of traditional payment methods and attract security-conscious customers.
  2. Technology and Electronics — The technology and electronics industry can develop and innovate biometric payment solutions, such as fingerprint-sensor smart cards and payment wearables.
  3. Education — The education industry can utilize biometric identification cards to provide secure and convenient campus access control and student identification.
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Oct 18 — Mar 19
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Featured Examples

Fingerprint-Activated Debit Cards
Fingerprint-Activated Debit Cards
NatWest's Secure Debit Card is Reliant on Biometric Data
Bank institutions and businesses are attempting to revolutionize the way people pay with plastic and a recent example of this movement is a secure debit card concept that is being tested out by... MORE
Fingerprint-Sensor Smart Cards
Fingerprint-Sensor Smart Cards
NEXT Biometrics and Infineon Introduce New Biometric Payment Cards
Infineon Technologies is a company that developed smart card payment methods and it works together with NEXT Biometrics, which is a firm focused on fingerprint sensor technologies. This partnership... MORE
Biometric Wearable Payments
Biometric Wearable Payments
Tappy Technologies Unveils a Fingerprint-Activated Payment Timepiece
Hong Kong-based wearable payments technologists ‘Tappy Technologies’ recently introduced a new design that is developed in the form of a watch strap. It blends in contactless payment... MORE
Biometric Security PC Peripherals
Biometric Security PC Peripherals
The HP USB Fingerprint Mouse Secures Your Workstation
Biometric security has become essential for consumers who are seeking to keep their data safe in a simple manner, so the new HP USB Fingerprint Mouse has been introduced as a solution that helps... MORE
Biometric Campus Cards
Biometric Campus Cards
A University in Argentina Will Outfit Students With Biometric Student Cards
Biometric identification cards are beginning to spread across various industries and a major university in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will soon offer biometric campus cards. Manufactured by SmartMetric,... MORE
Fingerprint-Activated Contactless Cards
Fingerprint-Activated Contactless Cards
Societe Generale Implements Idemia's Platform for Security
France’s Societe Generale bank conducts new cards that center around contactless payment methods, specifically focused on secure and limitless transactions. The trial tests the payment cards... MORE

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