Mastercard starts facial-recognition trial with retailers

Mastercard Inc. has begun to trial a biometric payment system for brick-and-mortar stores, using facial recognition rather than contactless cards, smartphones or memorable PINs. The company said its Biometric Checkout Program would let a shopper scan their face using a retailer’s smartphone app and assign their likeness to a bank card stored on file. The […] The post Mastercard starts facial-recognition trial with retailers appeared first on Digital Commerce 360.