Biometric Payments Trusted by Majority of Europeans

Visa’s Biometric Paymentsstudy, which surveyed 14,000 people across Europe, revealed that 73 percent of people think biometric security checks on a payments device is a secure authentication, with fingerprint the preference for 81% of consumers, followed by iris scanning. The use of selfies and voice recognition were less popular with only 15% and 12% respectively saying they would use these methods to authenticate payments.

According to the survey, biometric authentication is valued both in face-to-face and online transactions. Some 48 percent of respondents want to use it for payments on public transport, 47 percent when paying at a bar or restaurant, 40 percent when shopping online, and 39 percent when downloading content.

Kylie Bull began her career in television news at ITN in the UK before moving to print journalism. She has been an editor at IHS Jane's for sixteen years, where she continues today, and was recently the managing editor at Homeland Security Today. Bull has reported on a wide variety of security, geopolitical and counterterrorism subjects and has interviewed world leaders such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and UK Prime Minister Theresa May.

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