Ingenico is stepping up its presence in Latin America, working with a local firm to bring biometric technology to government benefit payments.
Working with partner Carvajal Tecnología y Servicios, Ingenico will deploy its iWB 220 biometric payment device in Colombia and the Dominican Republic.
The devices will be used to identify low-income people via their fingerprints in bank branches so that they can withdraw government benefits.
Carlos Manuel Pérez, CEO, Carvajal Tecnología y Servicios, says: "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."