Latvian Handwave expands Visa partnership to scale palm-based payments in Europe

Handwave, a Riga-based fintech developing palm-based biometric payment and identity solutions, has expanded its partnership with Visa to support the rollout of biometric payments across Europe. Under the agreement, Handwave will integrate Visa’s tokenisation, authentication and fraud-prevention technologies to securely link payment cards to users’ palms and enable faster card onboarding through its platform. Visa will also provide market insights, marketing support and access to its partner network, while the companies work toward making Handwave available through the Visa Acceptance Platform, potentially allowing banks, acquirers and merchants already connected to Visa’s infrastructure to integrate the technology. The Baltics will...

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