Tech: Now You Can Pay For Everything With Just A Selfie

Selfie  is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a digital camera or camera phone held in the hand or supported by a selfie stick. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. They are usually flattering and made to appear casual. Most selfies are taken with a camera held at arm's length or pointed at a mirror, rather than by using a self-timer. A selfie stick can be used to position the camera farther away from the subject, allowing the camera to see more around them.
                                          

Now You Can Pay For Everything With Just A Selfie

We all know that selfies have undergone a rapid world takeover since the initiation of front-facing cameras, as a moderately depressing photo from a recent Hillary Clinton speech shows.
It was just over a year that MasterCard announced that it was preparing to launch a payment validation service through facial recognition and fingerprints.
After all this time MasterCard finally developed the service, and first this Identity Check Mobile comes to Europe.
The Identity Check Mobile is an application which is actually used for doing payments using biometric data, including fingerprints and facial recognition to verify the identity of the cardholder.
The release of Identity Check Mobile will be done in a phased manner over the next year and, for now, was made available in 12 European countries, but India has not been included currently. United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden, are already the covered countries. Before that, it was subject to testing in the Netherland, the USA and Canada.

                                                         

No passwords or PIN codes, this new application of MasterCard, will simplify and enhance the security of online payments.

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According to the official of MasterCard, MasterCard aims to be a benchmark in safety and technological innovation in payments. The application MasterCard Identity Check Mobile meets this commitment, facilitating online payments, increasing its fluidity and efficiency as well as also facilitating day-to-day of all consumers”.
Now you will know much better how the service works through the following video

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