Fingerprints teams up with STMicroelectronics for Biometric System-on-Card solution

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Biometric company, Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) has partnered with STMicroelectronics in a bid to develop an advanced Biometric System-on-Card (BSoc) solution based on fingerprint-recognition technology for contributing to the enhancement of contactless payment-card security and convenience.

Laurent Degauque, Marketing Director, Secure Microcontrollers, STMicroelectronics said, “Fingerprint Cards brings valuable and market-proven expertise in solutions for battery-less and space-constrained devices. Their products combining powerful processing and low energy consumption are ideal companions to our STPay solutions for payment cards.”

According to the company, the BSoC integration combines ST’s secure payment technology based on the ST31/STPay chipset and STM32 general-purpose microcontrollers with Fingerprints’ next-generation T-Shape sensor module to provide a turnkey battery-less secure solution for the banking market.

ST’s STPay secure-payment products aim to ensure support for multiple international and regional payment schemes.  STPay solutions benefit from EMVCo and CC EAL 6+ hardware certifications, software certifications up to OS and application level, and ST’s secure pre-personalization services that create a trusted supply chain.

Michel Roig, SVP for Payments and Access BL at Fingerprint Cards, added, “This is a powerful collaboration to create innovative and optimized solutions that not only make it easier for card makers to integrate biometrics in their portfolio, but also bring the total cost down. In the end, strengthening the security for contactless payments will offer consumers a worry-less payment experience.”

The companies have stated that they will be extending their services to other markets including identification, health, access and transportation cards.