Infineon and Fingerprint Cards to fuel deployment of biometric payment cards
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Infineon Technologies and Fingerprint Cards, today, have entered into a partnership for enabling the mass deployment of biometric cards. The companies stated that biometric payment cards integrated with fingerprint sensors are expected to secure contactless payments. The contactless card remains with the cardholder throughout the entire payment transaction, while eliminating the need for PIN entries or signatures to authorize even high-value payments.
“Authorizing payments without handing over the card is a huge step forward in terms of user experience, data security, and hygiene. We selected Fingerprints as they are the leading biometric silicon and technology provider with market-proven performance. Jointly, we want to drive the industrialization of biometric payment cards from a niche into mass-market rollout,” said Bjoern Scharfen, Head of the Payment and Transport Ticketing product line at Infineon.
“Combining Fingerprints’ leading biometric technology with our expertise in chip security, energy efficiency, and contactless performance, we will develop a system solution that is easy to integrate and gives our customers a head start in an emerging growth market.”
The integration of Fingerprints’ sensor modules combined with Infineon’s security controllers will enable secured matching of the fingerprint image within the security controller where the private data is securely stored and reliable enrollment of sensitive biometric data in the card.
The companies aim to provide card makers with biometric semiconductor solutions, which make integration particularly cost-efficient and scalable. The fingerprint information is stored on the card’s embedded secure element and not shared with any third party, thus protecting the user’s credentials.
“Collaboration is key in the payment ecosystem, in which Infineon is a leading player. Together we will produce an optimized solution that will make it easier for card manufacturers to integrate biometrics into future generations of contactless payment cards, ultimately putting these cards into the hands of consumers around the world to enable a worry-free payment experience,” says Michel Roig, SVP Business Line Payments & Access at Fingerprints.
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