This Week In Credit Card News: Biometric Credit Cards; Will Bitcoin Become Currency Of Choice For Global Trade?
Samsung and Mastercard are officially teaming up on a credit card with a built-in fingerprint scanner. These so-called “biometric cards” will come baked in with “several key discrete chips” from Samsung’s side, and are planned to be compatible with any point of sale terminal, or any terminal that currently accepts Mastercard chip payments.