Biometric cards developers prepare to support mass adoption for payments, access control

Biometric payment cards featured prominently among the presentations at the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association’s (APSCA’s) recent Next-Generation Cards 2022 event in Singapore. The market continues to prepare for mass adoption of biometric cards, meanwhile, with a new certification for STMicroelectronics, a partnership for Fingerprint Cards, and an SDK update from Neurotechnology.

Idemia reviewed the results of its 2021 international survey that showed strong interest in biometric cards for payments at the APSCA conference. The survey shows a preference among those over 50 years old to use cards for payments, rather than cash or mobile wallets.

The company also shared insights from early adoptions of its F.Code biometric cards by customers like online bank manager.one and First Abu Dhabi Bank.

Zwipe VP of Business Development Antonio D’Albore surveyed the solutions for secure enrollment of customer’s fingerprint biometrics to the cards.

Solutions for customer biometric enrollment offered by Zwipe include an enrollment sleeve, an envelope, and enrolment through the user’s PC, tablet, or mobile phone. The envelope is designed for remote enrollment from the customer’s home, and the PC and tablet solutions for in-branch use. The mobile and sleeve solutions are designed to support either approach.

Thomas Decker of Linxens noted the lack of standards around biometric enrollment to payment cards in his presentation on the state of the market. The technology, however, is much further along than some other innovative card types, like those with embedded lights or displays.

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