MoriX Co., Ltd, Brings Contactless Biometric Payment Card to Japan

New Card Integrates Fingerprints Biometric Solution

Biometrics company Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™) and MoriX Co., LTD, a leading Tokyo-based electronics company, are pleased to announce that MoriX has been granted a Letter of Approval from Mastercard to produce biometric payment cards, bringing Fingerprints’ leading biometric solution to the Japanese market. The card will feature Fingerprints' T-Shape® module and software platform, which has ultra-low power consumption and is tailored to be integrated in payment cards using standard automated manufacturing processes.

“Working together with an innovative company like MoriX, we can now produce, deliver and market biometric payment cards with Fingerprints’ advanced and proven technology. Introducing biometric payment cards in this region offers great benefits for banks, merchants and consumers alike, as contactless payments in Japan continue to grow quickly”, says Michel Roig, President of Payments & Access at Fingerprints.

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About Fingerprints
Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) – the world’s leading biometrics company, with its roots in Sweden. We believe in a secure and seamless universe, where you are the key to everything. Our solutions are found in hundreds of millions of devices and applications, and are used billions of times every day, providing safe and convenient identification and authentication with a human touch. For more information visit our website, read our blog, and follow us on Twitter. Fingerprints is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (FING B).

About MoriX Co., Ltd.
Head Office: 9F, X-PRESS Yurakucho, 2-2-1, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0006, Japan Laboratory: 3F, Atsumi Bldg., 2-9-3, Irifune, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0042, Japan 

TEL +81-3-5537-8060
Established:  August 24, 2005
Capital: JPY 390,000,000
President and CEO: Morihiko KUBOT