Fingerprint Cards (FPC)(STO:FINGB) has been the major supplier of silicon-based area sensors to Miaxis, China for several years and this situation will prevail as FPC launches its new and further enhanced version of the FPC1011F, the by far most deployed silicon-based area sensor in China.

Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD, a leading provider of biometric products, and Fingerprint Cards AB, a leading provider of fingerprint sensors and systems, confirmed its partnership and cooperation regarding delivery of biometric products. Several hundreds of thousands of FPC1011F have already been shipped by Miaxis to all major Chinese banks.

Miaxis is a leading provider of bank security systems in China. Miaxis use FPC1011F in all categories of its silicon based fingerprint sensor-equipped products, allowing banks to safeguard against fraud in several situations such as bank teller applications, loan management, inter-bank payment systems, physical money transportations, bank server management, internet banking as well as physical access to various facilities in the banks and time & attendance of bank employees. Miaxis is also involved in large Chinese government programs requiring fingerprint readers, related to the plan by the Chinese government to issue a new ID card for the whole Chinese population, storing fingerprint information on the ID card.