Sentry Enterprises, a technology-based company focused on transforming what identity means across the physical and digital worlds, selected Infineon’s latest generation SLC37x Secure Element chip family to fuel its biometric platforms. Sentry Enterprises is the creator and maker of the SentryCard biometric platform, a privacy-centric, proof-of-identity solution, along with the soon-to-be-released Sentinel biometric cold-storage crypto wallet.…

Samsung Electronics, a provider of advanced semiconductor technology, has introduced its new fingerprint security IC (integrated circuit) ─ S3B512C ─ with enhanced security features. The new solution is EMVCo and Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (CC EAL) 6+ certified and performs in line with Mastercard’s latest Biometric Evaluation Plan Summary (BEPS) specifications for biometric payment…

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is facilitating advanced security for contact and contactless payment cards, ID cards, and transport ticketing with its latest-generation ST31 secure microcontroller. The ST31N600, based on ST’s 40nm eSTM technology, integrates circuitry for energy harvesting and additional connectivity used by biometric and dynamic card verification…

A research report by ABI Research projects the market for biometric payment cards to reach 353 million pieces per year by 2025, globally, as an optimistic scenario. Allowing card manufacturers to address this new growing market segment, Infineon Technologies, a global provider of smart-card payment solutions, and IDEX Biometrics ASA, a provider of advanced fingerprint…