• An unnamed global payment card integrator in Japan has partnered with IDEX Biometrics to enable Japanese banks and issuers to launch biometric payment cards. The companies target production later on this year and the agreement also follows a joint customer engagement and go-to-market model.    

• The biometric smartcards will feature IDEX’s TrustedBio fingerprint sensor module, integrated microcontroller/power management unit (MCU/PMU), biometric software, applets, an inlay, and Infineon’s SLC38 security controller. 

<ul><li> Analyst Quicktake: IDEX Biometrics has entered several partnerships to accelerate the commercialization of its biometric payment card sensors. In the past three months alone, the company partnered with Swedish bank Rocker , MKSmart (to expand in Southeast Asia), and an unnamed global tier-one smart card manufacturer .</ul>