Pay with your face: MasterCard to launch ‘selfie pay’

There’s one thing cooler than using your fingerprint to help make a purchase, and that’s using your face.

Wait, even cooler? Using both.

Credit card giant MasterCard has announced that over the next few months it will roll out “selfie pay” and fingerprint technology to verify customers’ identifications when purchasing goods and services online, according to CNN Money.

The way it works is you’ll download a MasterCard app on your smartphone, and when you make a purchase you’ll be prompted to take a selfie or scan your fingerprint. If you take a photo, the app will require you to blink to make sure it was not taken beforehand, according to CNN.

President of Enterprise Security Solutions at MasterCard Ajay Bhalla tells the website that selfies and fingerprints are safer to use than passwords, which can be hacked.

The technology was first tested in late summer and fall by more than 200 employees of First Tech Federal Credit Union in the U.S., according to USA TODAY. A similar trial took place in the Netherlands.