Ingenico introduces mobile fingerprint payment solution

Governments, banks and politicians think that they need to have a fail safe way to identify, categorize and track everyone. Biometric service providers such as Igenico want to provide economical ways for the powerful to track and control the powerless.  J

"...According to Ingenico, more than 2.5 billion of the world’s adults remain unbanked and do not have access to basic financial services. This fact is pushing governments and financial institutions to develop financial inclusion policies towards the lowest income segments. In parallel, some countries face population identity issues that hinder ID control, voting, healthcare programs and so on.

For both financial inclusion and government ID issues, Ingenico says that biometric technology is the key to identifying the population and delivering the right services to the right people. iWB Bio Series combines four authentication factors (Chip, PIN, fingerprint verification and GPS) with a complete set of payment options (Biometrics, Magstripe, EMV Chip & PIN, Contactless and NFC)."

http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-details/i/1557/ 

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." Rev 13:16-17 (KJV)