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areeba introduces Gemalto’s contactless biometric payment card to the Middle East

Contact and contactless card replaces PINs with a built-in fingerprint scanner.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

​Gemalto is supplying its Visa biometric contactless EMV bank card to areeba, a fast-growing financial technology company that provides payment solutions for banks, governments and merchants in the Middle East region. This is the first time that contactless biometric card has been introduced in the Middle East or Africa.   The biometric payment card can be used at thousands of standard POS terminals throughout Lebanon, thereby offering shoppers opportunities to purchase goods and services more...

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