Zwipe, a globally renowned biometric technology company, is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Masria Digital Payments (MDP), one of the most well-known smart card manufacturers and digital payments providers in the Middle East and Africa to deliver biometric payments solutions to enhance MDP’s innovation product portfolio.

Biometric payment solutions

Zwipe will support MDP in integrating and rolling out biometric payment cards

Zwipe will support MDP in integrating and rolling out biometric payment cards and eventually biometric enabled wearable devices to a region that has expressed significant interest in the technology.

To continue MDP’s long tradition of technology leadership, we are integrating Zwipe’s current biometric payment platform now to educate the market and get prepared for Zwipe Pay ONE,” said Ahmed Nafie, Executive Vice President (EVP) of Masria Digital Payments (MDP).

Ever-rising usage of biometric payment cards

Ahmed adds, “We are confident that, when that becomes available, we will have banks across the region ready to take the next natural step in payment cards with us.

The Middle East and North Africa is seeing great interest in biometric payment solutions, especially biometric payment cards.

Zwipe – Masria Digital Payments partnership

Zwipe is thrilled to win a new strategic customer wanting to pilot our current product platform to pave the way for early deployment of our future offering, Zwipe Pay ONE. Working together we can unlock many opportunities in a part of the world that is proving to be a first mover when it comes to biometric payments,” said André Løvestam, CEO of Zwipe.

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