Other Breaking News
In today’s CardFlash News Que: SYNAPTICS (Vibe P1); TIMETRIC (acquiring); HYPERWALLET (award) and THREATMETRIX (cybersecurity).
Match-in-Sensor
Synaptics has unveiled a new Match-in-Sensor fingerprint authentication technology, the industry’s first fully hardware encapsulated fingerprint sensor and matching solution. Synaptics’ innovative Match-in-Sensor secure authentication technology is literally off the grid, isolating fingerprint image enrollment, pattern storage and biometric matching within the fingerprint sensor to provide ultimate protection against on-device threats.
Eye Biometrics
NCR’s Digital Insight will be offering customers EyePrint ID for a password-free mobile banking experience. By using the camera on mobile devices, EyePrint ID technology takes an image and pattern-matches the blood vessels in the whites of the eye, eliminating the need to remember and thumb type a password.
TSYS Earns A 2007 International Award
Athena has introduced the “ASEDrive IIIe USB Bio KB” combining
the “UPEK TouchChip TCS2” fingerprint sensor and password-free
logon for PC keyboards. Using a smartcard keyboard, the solution
eliminates the need for password through fingerprint detection with
the “UPEK TCS2” Area Sensor. “ASEDrive IIIe USB Bio KB” also
uses Bio API and Precise Biometrics’ Match-on-Card technology for
multi-factor authentication and is compatible with PC/SC standards,
Windows 2000, XP and Vista, Linux and MAC. Athena Smartcard
Solutions provides smart cards, tokens, smart card readers, combined
keyboards and smart card management systems.