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Fime receives Mastercard accreditation for bio-authentication testing services

November 19, 2018

Fime has received accreditation from Mastercard to deliver biometric authentication testing services for fingerprint, in line with the network's guidelines for mobile device sensors. 

According to a press release, the testing evaluation program enables mobile, wearable and sensor manufacturers to test the performance and accuracy of mobile fingerprint sensors. 

This enables financial service providers to evaluate how well the hardware and software integrated into devices are integrating with their payment solutions. The Mastercard program provides dedicated hardware performance testing to scrutinize the quality of solutions' matching engines.

"Biometrics have taken the payments world by storm in recent years, delivering consumers greater convenience and security," Stephanie El Rhomri, Fime vice president of services, said in the release. 

"But in a post-PSD2 and GDPR world, players across mobile and payments are increasingly understanding the importance of performance and quality to ensure customer adoption of new secure authentication solutions. We're proud to be championing this evaluation program, the first of its kind to be fully ISO compliant, as we continue to support the ever expanding role of biometrics in payments."