By Loek Essers
IDG News Service | Oct 17, 2014 7:14 AM PT
http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/10/mastercard-payment-card-100525599-primary.idge.jpgMasterCard demos a prototype contactless card with a fingerprint sensor.
Credit: Zwipe
The card is set to be introduced next year, but consumers might move to phone-based services before then
MasterCard is testing a contactless payment card with a built-in fingerprint reader that can authorize high-value payments without requiring the user to enter a PIN.
The credit-card company showed a prototype of the card in London on Friday along with Zwipe, the Norwegian company that developed the fingerprint recognition technology.
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