Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Federal Bank Launches Biometric Authentication for E-commerce
Federal Bank has launched a new way to pay online using your fingerprint or face!
Instead of typing in codes, you can now quickly verify your purchase by simply touching or looking at your phone.
This makes paying faster and easier, taking only a few seconds.
It also makes things more secure.
The bank is working with partners to bring this to more stores.
This new system follows the rules set by the government for safe online payments.
Federal Bank introduces biometric authentication for e-commerce card transactions.
Customers can use fingerprints or face ID to authenticate online purchases.
The solution replaces OTPs, reducing transaction times to 3-4 seconds.
It is compliant with RBI’s Two-Factor Authentication guidelines.
The feature is live for Federal Bank cardholders with select merchants and expanding.
- Who
- Federal Bank cardholders.
- What
- Federal Bank launched biometric authentication for e-commerce card transactions.
- When
- Published on July 24, 2025
- Where
- Online, across select partner merchants.
- Why
- To enhance security, speed, and user experience for online transactions.
- Bank
- Federal Bank
- Technology
- Biometric Authentication
- Partners
- M2P, MinkasuPay
- Authentication method
- Fingerprint or face ID
- Transaction time
- 3-4 seconds
- Compliance
- RBI’s Two-Factor Authentication guidelines