Yapital, a payment technology company based in Luxembourg, is testing a feature that will allow consumers to authorize payments with their fingerprints.
The technology is aimed replacing PINs that consumers use to authorize purchases though the Yapital app. Apple and Samsung both make smartphones with built-in fingerprint readers, though Apple only recently opened its
"As the major smartphone manufacturers are now integrating fingerprint scanning into their products, we have immediately launched appropriate tests," says Oliver Kress, a senior vice president at Yapital, in a July 3 press release.
