Turkey’s Garanti BBVA has launched a Mastercard contactless credit card featuring a built-in fingerprint scanner.
To use the Bonus Platinum Biometric Card, shoppers simply tap a contactless terminal and place their finger on the sensor. Customers also have the option to add a password requirement for added security.
Murat Çağrı Süzer, deputy GM of Garanti BBVA, stated, “With the Bonus Platinum Biometric Card, customers can make secure payments quickly and easily by simply scanning their fingerprints. There is no need for them to remember their PINs or set up contactless limits.”
In a separate development, the Turkish central bank has issued Garanti BBVA an operating license for its new payments solutions platform subsidiary.
Garanti Payment and Electronic Money Service is preparing to launch a beta version of its digital payment solutions under the TAMİ brand. TAMİ aims to enable businesses of all sizes in Turkey to easily receive and track payments while providing customers from all banks with installment payment options.