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MobiCash launches BioCash in Rwanda

Thursday 3 January 2013 09:47 CET | News

Mobile payment platform MobiCash and financial institution KCB Bank have launched BioCash, a financial service that uses the national ID card as a bank account identifier.

This service uses an online biometric database with the TagPay platform to enable financial services for all Rwandans.

Fingerprint-banking will allow for:
• All monetary transactions to be done only with the account owner’s fingerprint without the need of cash or any card;
• The fingerprint reader recognizes the identity of a person and connects it to the according bank account;
• All shops will be provided with fingerprint readers. At shopping, consumers only need to leave their fingerprint to pay, without entering a code or giving a signature.

The implementation of fingerprint-banking means that every Rwandan who is over 16 years old and has a national-ID could virtually be included in the financial space and connect fingerprint to a virtual bank account.
 


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