# IDEMIA taps Fingerprints for Japan’s first biometric payment card trial
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2018-04-26
Category: NEWS
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Meta Title: Fingerprint Cards Collaborates with IDEMIA on Japan's
Meta Description: World-leading biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprints™) collaborates with IDEMIA on Japan’s first biometric payment card trial. The pilot will run
URL: https://financedigest.com/idemia-taps-fingerprints-for-japans-first-biometric-payment-card-trialhtml

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**World-leading biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprints™) today announces its collaboration with IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, on Japan’s first biometric payment card trial, a key milestone in the roll-out of biometric payment cards. Utilizing Fingerprints’ sensor technology, the pilot will run on Japan’s leading payment network, taking the region one step closer to commercial roll-out of biometric payment cards.**

“Japan is renowned for early adoption and, with this initiative, it is once again leading the way in launching the latest digital payment technologies. The ongoing EMV® migration ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games makes it a perfect testing ground for PIN-less, painless and secure contactless payments,” comments Thomas Rex, SVP of the Smartcard Business Line, [Fingerprints.](https://www.financedigest.com/fingerprints-and-tag-systems-collaborate-to-offer-contactless-biometric-payment-cards-globally.html)

IDEMIA’s F.Code solution, replaces PIN or signature authentication with a fingerprint. This delivers greater security without impacting the frictionless [payment experience](https://www.financedigest.com/how-netflix-justeat-and-uber-raised-the-bar-for-the-payments-experience.html "How Netflix, JustEat and Uber raised the bar for the payments experience") of contactless cards.

“Everyone can benefit from these new cards,” adds Thomas. “Banks can reduce fraud and grow trust to retain and attract [customers](https://www.financedigest.com/canadian-banks-fighting-brokers-back-for-customers.html "Canadian Banks Fighting Brokers Back For Customers"). For retailers, streamlining the authentication [process with biometrics can achieve higher customer throughput](https://www.financedigest.com/crowdsourcing-of-data-to-drive-the-high-throughput-process-development-market.html "Crowdsourcing of data to drive the High Throughput Process Development Market") and reduced drop-outs, increasing revenues. Importantly, too, the cards work and are processed the same [way as standard contactless](https://www.financedigest.com/contactless-payments-the-way-of-the-future-or-security-scare.html "Contactless Payments – The Way of the Future or Security Scare?") cards, with no upgrades required to existing acceptance infrastructure.”

The trial is using a FPC1300-series sensor, has ultra-low power consumption, superior [biometric](https://www.financedigest.com/the-rise-of-biometric-technology-in-banking.html) performance, a key requirement for handling both contact and contactless transactions.

For more information on [Fingerprints’](https://www.financedigest.com/fingerprints-and-tag-systems-collaborate-to-offer-contactless-biometric-payment-cards-globally.html) vision for the future of [biometric](https://www.financedigest.com/the-rise-of-biometric-technology-in-banking.html) payment cards, read its [blog posts](https://www.fingerprints.com/blog/you-are-the-key-to-everything/?utm_source=iseepr&utm_campaign=IDEMIA_JapanPR).

\* _EMV® is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries and an unregistered trademark elsewhere. The EMV trademark is owned by EMVCo._

To learn more about [Fingerprints](https://www.financedigest.com/fingerprints-and-tag-systems-collaborate-to-offer-contactless-biometric-payment-cards-globally.html) smart card solution, please visit the website.


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