Mastercard has rolled out a biometric card in Asia, and has extended the Click to Pay online checkout solution to Asia Pacific including Hong Kong.
The biometric card uses fingerprints for transactions in stores.
Mastercard also unveiled the Pay by Account, which allows cardholders to use their money from whichever account, at any location that accepts Mastercard cards.
The biometric card was launched with Singapore-based IDEMIA.
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