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Absa will be the first bank in South Africa to implement Visa’s new specification for the use of biometrics with chip card transactions and will develop a proof of concept trial to be launched this summer. The specification can enable palm, voice, iris or facial biometrics, Visa said in a

The Payment Pebble, the mobile phone point-of-sale device developed by Thumbzup and announced in November 2012, has been delayed by regulatory hurdles, says Absa, the bank partner that will launch the product. Absa had said the product would be launched in the first half of 2013, but was unable