Intesa Sanpaolo pilots contactless biometric payment card in Italy

Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo bank has announced Europe’s first pilot test of a contactless biometric payment card. The sixteen week trial will make use of a Mastercard branded card and take place in three cities — Turin, Milan and Rome.

Mastercard revealed last month that it was working on a contactless biometric card “to be ready in early 2019”.

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