Banks to pilot biometric payment cards in India, Poland, Lebanon and Egypt

Banks in India, Poland, Iraq, Mexico, Lebanon and Egypt are among those set to trial biometric payment cards, according to NFCW.

Iraq’s International Network for Cards and Digital Payment Services (INC) is to trial a biometric-enabled version of its Neo Visa card as well as offer biometric payments cards to client banks in the Iraqi market.

The trials in India, Iraq, Mexico, Lebanon and Egypt follow a series of deals signed by the service providers in these territories with Norway-based biometric card technology provider Zwipe.