OP Financial Group to pilot biometric payment cards in partnership with TietoEVRY
OP Financial Group, Finland’s largest financial services group, and TietoEVRY, the leading provider of software and digital banking services in the Nordics, have agreed to cooperate on a biometric payment card pilot. OP wants to address increased customer demand for safer, more convenient, and hygienic payment methods at physical stores. It will be among the first banks in the world offering next generation biometric payments cards. “At the moment over 60% of payment terminal transactions made with OP cards consist of contactless payments, which means that our customers have adopted