Mastercard has announced that they plan to remove the 16-digit card number from their credit cards by 2030, replacing it with a person’s hand or face. This will be the only method of transaction in the Mastercard system by 2030. Meanwhile another payment card giant, Visa, has certified biometric credit card technology which scans both the card and the cardholder’s fingerprint.
“No more fumbling for your phone or hunting for your wallet when you have your hands full – the next generation of in-person payments will only need a quick smile or wave of your hand. The trusted technology that uses your face or fingerprint to unlock your phone can now be used to help consumers speed through the checkout. With Mastercard’s new Biometric Checkout Program, all you will need is yourself,” Mastercard said in a 2022 press release when the program was launched.
Notably, this method of conducting commerce via identification by the face or hand has been voluntary since the program’s launch in 2022. With the removal of the 16-digit card number however, an individual will be required to undergo scanning in order to use the electronic payment service.
“Step into the future of payment security with biometric credit cards, where your unique fingerprint ensures that nobody can use your card but you. By eliminating the need for PINS and signatures, biometric identity verification makes for faster transactions, a seamless user experience, and better peace of mind, raising the benchmark for how we pay,” Payset Perspective said in 2024.
“Biometric authentication uses individuals’ unique biological traits—such as fingerprints, faces, retinas, voices or veins—to verify their identity. In the case of credit cards, new innovations are focused on fingerprint scanning. This new technology is quick, convenient and a great leap forward in payment systems security,” Payset Perspective said in 2024.
During a transaction, the scanned individual’s biometrics will be utilized along with ‘tokenization‘ in order to complete the financial activity.
“Tokenization turns your 16-digit card number into a different number stored on your device, so your actual card information is never shared when you tap your contactless card or your phone in store, or make payments in-app or online. Cryptograms give another layer of security with a unique value that helps verify the authenticity of each and every transaction,” Mastercard said in a 2024 press release.
“The first rollout of these numberless cards will be through a partnership with AMP Bank, but it is expected other banks will follow in the coming 12 months,” The Conversation said Monday.
“Ultimately, the removal of card numbers might pale against the removal of cards altogether. The Mastercard Biometric Checkout Program removes the need for retail customers to bring a physical card altogether, rely on biometrics more fully, with consumers paying for things just with their face, or palm payments, for example,” Biometric Update said Tuesday.
Visa has certified a biometric credit card system which scans both the card and the fingerprint of the cardholder during a transaction.
“The SECORA Pay Bio payment card solution from Fingerprint Cards and Infineon has been certified by Visa, and Infineon has placed a volume order biometric sensors for delivery this year,” Biometric Update said January 28. “SECORA Pay Bio integrates an FPC1323 fingerprint sensor and was introduced by Infineon last August, and is now fully certified for use in biometric payment cards by both Visa and Mastercard, according to a company announcement.”
As Infowars has reported numerous times before, the convergence and intersection of biometric identification, digital identification apps, biometric payments and payment apps is evident, as the numerous current systems being developed worldwide are generally central in objective, are tied in with governments, are necessary for citizens to preform regular activities and even includes, perhaps chiefly, a medical element. Notably, the agenda for these technologies to be implemented is also coming from the global government folks as well.
The push to intertwine a human’s body with their legal identity, financial activity and medical status is often discussed by its progenitors and proponents with a focus on security, whether that be from AI attacks or classic credit card fraud. Notably however, once compromised, a person’s face, fingerprints, footprints or eyeballs cannot be changed. They would forever be insecure methods of verification.
After the full global implementation of biometric systems has taken effect and this fact becomes apparent, a likely scenario will be a new push for global microchip implantation of the human race, as microchips can have their information altered upon being compromised.
American company VeriChip Corporation developed an early version of this system when they debuted an implantable human microchip called the VeriChip in the early 2000s with the express purpose of identifying patients in the medical setting as well as identifying children.
“The VeriChip is injected under the skin of the upper arm or hip in an outpatient procedure. A special scanner reads the RF signal emitted by the microchip to obtain the device’s ID number, which then is entered into a database to access personal data about the individual,” Wired Magazine said in 2003. “Other potential uses of the chip, according to company officials, include scanning unconscious patients to obtain their medical records or restricting access to high-security buildings by scanning workers to verify their clearance.”
While not widely used, the VeriChip was targeted for implantation into children and the elderly.
While those who embrace the aforementioned biometric and digital systems would champion their inherent convenience and practicality (needing absolutely nothing with you to make a purchase or prove your identity or receive personalized medical care) as well as their ability to ensure individuals are accountable for their actions to enhance public safety, an understanding of the nature of evil would likely lead one to the conclusion that in the real world where free will is inherent and evil is present, these massive increases in technological control systems would serve little more than the globalist’s endgame.