Visa has announced a major step toward merging digital payments with biometric identity, partnering with the digital ID platform Proof to create a new global standard for identity-linked transactions. The initiative seeks to establish “trusted digital identity” as a permanent layer in financial systems — verifying individuals through biometrics, cryptographic signatures, and AI-driven fraud detection before a payment is ever approved. Proof’s Certify platform, described as the “EMV chip for digital identity,” will serve as a reusable credential designed to prevent impersonation, deepfakes, and account takeovers while embedding user verification directly into every transaction.

From a prophetic standpoint, this growing web of biometric and digital identity systems points to an era where personal freedom and anonymity are systematically erased in the name of security. As banks, tech firms, and governments synchronize efforts to tie identity to every purchase, the world edges closer to a centralized system where no one can “buy or sell” without verification. What Visa calls “trusted commerce” may, in time, resemble the global infrastructure described in Revelation 13 — a digital economy built on compliance, surveillance, and control. The convenience of biometric payments may mask the creation of a system that knows, tracks, and governs every human transaction.

SOURCE: Reclaim the Net