Ingenico deploys biometric solution for benefit payments

Ingenico Biometric Credit Card Terminal with EMV Chip and PIN Processing NFC.

Ingenico Biometric Credit Card Terminal with EMV Chip and PIN Processing NFC.

Ingenico’s new biometric payment device (the iWB 220) is to be used in a pioneering project, to bring financial support to low-income families.

Payment solutions provider, Ingenico are to deploy Ingenico´s biometric solution in Colombia and the Dominican Republic, together with Carvajal Tecnología y Servicios, a player in the electronic payment industry in Latin America,

This biometric point of sale solution complies with the Image Quality Specifications for single finger capture device defined by the FBI, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In addition to high security standards, the solution is a mobile device with an embedded Magstripe, as well as Chip & PIN readers.

Upon government approval for each of the applications, funds will be sent to the banks and through the use of these unique devices, beneficiaries can withdraw their funds, with the use of a fingertip. Approved family members are the only ones able to withdraw the funds, and the government is assured that the benefit is being paid to the right person.

October 31st, 2013 by