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IDEX Biometrics announces the collaboration with Goldpac Fintech Hong Kong Limited, a Goldpac Group company, to deploy biometric smart cards based on IDEX Biometrics complete fingerprint solution for payments and identity access globally.
Goldpac Fintech Hong Kong Limited is Goldpac Group’s international business arm. Goldpac Group is the world’s fourth largest payment cards supplier and has a presence across more than 30 countries, with more than 1,700 customers consisting of large and medium-sized domestic and international issuers and financial institutions. Goldpac is certified by Visa, Mastercard, China UnionPay, JCB, American Express, and Diners Club, and has an annual manufacturing and personalizing capacity of 300 million payment cards. With such a vast customer base and more than 30 years of payment card experience, Goldpac is well positioned to spearhead the commercialization of biometric payment cards in Asia and globally.
“We are delighted to bring biometric smart cards to the global market through this partnership with IDEX Biometrics, as we address the growing demand of our customers in the banking, fintech and related enterprise markets,” said Oliver Hui, CEO of Goldpac Fintech. “Through best-in-class card performance and a frictionless customer experience, Goldpac will offer high-performing and cost-efficient biometric card solutions to our customers.”
“With Goldpac’s extensive bank portfolio and expertise in the payments and identification markets, we are adding an important ecosystem partner in support of our commercial acceleration,” says Catharina Eklof, Chief Commercial Officer of IDEX Biometrics. “Goldpac and IDEX Biometrics bring cutting-edge authentication solutions for payments and identity access to market, and we expect these biometric cards to be in consumers’ hands before the end of 2023.”
