Biometric Payment Card: secure and fast contactless transactions

Experience fast and secure contactless payments with the Thales Gemalto Biometric Payment Card

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The Thales biometric payment card offers a more secure and more convenient way to pay using modern fingerprint authentication directly on the card.

Unlock the power of biometric authentication for payments cards

Explore how the Thales Biometric Payment Card is shaping secure, seamless and contactless transactions

Premium customer appeal

Biometric payment cards attract premium customers, supporting high-end card programmes. Proven by multiple deployments where 25% of demand has come from new premium customers or first-time bank users. This innovation drives customer acquisition and boosts brand value.
Boosting spend with tech

Biometric payment cards are boosting contactless payments, doubling usage in months and increasing transactions by 50%. They enhance security, seamless transactions and higher-value payments, making them essential for today’s cardholders.
More inclusive and enjoyable

Biometric payment cards promote inclusivity by removing barriers linked to PIN code entry. With fingerprint authentication, they offer a seamless, secure, and user-friendly payment method that enhances convenience for people with disabilities and improves the payment experience for all.

The Biometric Payment Card’s experience

The Thales Biometric Payment Card achieves a high success rate of more than 95% of fingerprint verification on the first try. Its optimally-placed fingerprint sensor enables smooth contact and contactless verification, with a PIN as a fallback. Fully compatible with EMV options and ISO dimensions, it integrates effortlessly into existing systems. This card defines the future of secure, efficient and user-friendly payments.

Imagine a payment card with no PIN, no worries. The Thales biometric payment card verifies your fingerprint for fast and secure contactless payments. A PIN ensures you have a backup, while EMV and ISO compatibility guarantees seamless use worldwide. Reduce fraud risk and enhance convenience. Experience the new generation of payments - trusted, effortless and uniquely yours.

Key features and highlights of the biometric payment card

The EMV Biometric Payment Card simplifies transactions with a built-in fingerprint sensor - no PIN needed. Authenticate seamlessly for contactless payments above standard limits. No POS upgrades required, as biometrics are processed directly on the card. This innovative card enhances speed, security, and convenience, redefining the checkout experiences and setting a new standard in payment technology.

The biometric data stays on the card, never stored on bank servers or transmitted. The fingerprint sensor converts data into a secure matrix on the EMVCo-approved Secure Element, not an image, preventing reconstruction. Only verification results reach the EMV app. The self-enrollment process, like smartphones, boosts trust and confidence in secure fingerprint payments.

The biometric payment card offers unmatched speed and security, enabling one-touch payments with no PIN. With faster transactions, users benefit from enhanced convenience and efficiency. Research from Springer Link shows biometric payments are up to 120% faster than traditional methods, setting a new benchmark for seamless, secure financial transactions.

Thales biometric card enrolment offers two easy methods: mobile and reader. Mobile enrolment lets users register fingerprints quickly via their own NFC-enabled phone and app for secure, seamless verification and re-enrolment. The reader enrolment, made from 100% recycled plastic, offers home and branch options. Both methods ensure high security, seamless user experience, and easy integration for banks and users.

Thales biometric payment card combines flawless integration with existing bank systems and POS setups, certified by Mastercard and Visa. Beyond security, its design stands out with metallic inks and colored edges, elevating the card to a stylish status symbol, making it both a functional and fashionable payment solution.

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Thales and Bank Pocztowy

Bank Pocztowy has introduced Poland's first biometric payment card, revolutionising secure transactions. Developed in partnership with Thales, it uses fingerprint data stored on the card for secure contactless transactions. Initial customer feedback has been positive, praising the card's convenience, simplicity and security.

Contactless payment with Biometric payment cards

This premium solution addresses several challenges such as convenience, safety and contactless. We established a simple yet rigorous enrolment process in the branch, so the biometric data never leaves the card. This is a key prerequisite as we take the privacy of our customers’ data very seriously.

Jean-Marie Dragon - Head of Payments & Cards, BNP Paribas

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