Biometric payment cards are hitting the market. Eastern Bank will soon launch biometric metal cards using Idex Pay technology, while Thales is ready to deploy its next generation of biometric cards featuring the T2 sensor module from Fingerprint Cards.
Fingerprint biometrics provider Idex Biometrics has revealed an agreement with Bangladesh-based Eastern Bank (EBL) to launch what Idex claims is the first biometric metal card to market. Among those present at the signing event were Ali Reza Iftekhar, managing director and CEO of EBL and Catharina Eklof, CCO of Idex.
