Colombia and the Dominican Republic will begin utilizing biometric payments authorization solutions developed by Ingenico to help facilitate low-income benefits administration, Planet Biometrics reported on October 24.
The initiative involves use the use biometric technology in an effort to fight welfare fraud.
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“Approved family members are the only ones able to withdraw the funds, and the government is assured that the benefit is being paid to the right person,” Carlos Manuel Pérez, CEO of Carvajal TecnologÃa y Servicios, one of the Latin American companies involved with the project, said in a statement.
To learn more, read the full report here.
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