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It will work like this: a pop-up will ask you to confirm your identity when you reach the checkout, and users will have the option to choose either fingerprint scanning or facial recognition as their confirmation. A clear security concern here is that as well as authorizing...

The financial services company now offers users the chance to set up a “SecureCode“, which is essentially a password required to authenticate purchases online. Presumably, someone who has swiped your card might have access to your important card numbers, but they...

MasterCard is trialling new technology that could allow customers to pay online by taking a selfie rather than entering a password.

In the latest, and perhaps most weird, effort we’ve seen to stem the incidence of mobile fraud, MasterCard is working on a new security scheme that would authorize online transactions by having users take a photo of their face as a means to verify their identity....

The trial will start with 500 customers in the United States this year and the company plans to launch it once bugs are fixed.