{{short description|Norwegian company}} {{Infobox company | name = IDEX Biometrics ASA | logo = IDEX_Biometrics_Logo.png | logo_size = 100px | logo_alt = Fingerprint Scanner Logo | logo_caption = | type = Public | traded_as = {{Oslo Stock Exchange|IDEX}}<br>{{NASDAQ was|IDBA}} (2021-23) | founded = {{Start date and age|1996}} | location = Oslo, Norway | key_people = Anders Storbråten (CEO)<br />Morten Opstad (chairman) | industry = Biometrics | products = Fingerprint Sensors and Biometric Software | website = {{URL|www.idexbiometrics.com}} }}
'''IDEX Biometrics ASA''' is a Norwegian biometrics company, specialising in fingerprint imaging and fingerprint recognition technology. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Oslo, but its main operation is in the UK, with an office in Farnborough outside of London.
IDEX offers fingerprint sensor and biometric software for identity cards, banking cards, smart cards, access control, healthcare, IOT and other security solutions. Fingerprint recognition is one form of biometric identification, other examples being DNA, face recognition, iris recognition and retinal scan as well as identification based on behavioral patterns such as speaker recognition, keystroke dynamics and signature recognition.
==Technology== In 2010, IDEX SmartFinger Film was launched,<ref>[http://www.tu.no/it/2010/09/03/billig-fingerleser-i-plast Billig fingerleser i plast] (Teknisk Ukeblad, 3.9.2010)</ref><ref>[http://www.digi.no/850051/syltynn-norsk-sensor-for-fingeravtrykk Syltynn norsk sensor for fingeravtrykk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103042917/http://www.digi.no/850051/syltynn-norsk-sensor-for-fingeravtrykk}} (Teknisk Ukeblad, 30.9.2010)</ref> a thin and flexible fingerprint sensor that allows the entire fingerprint sensor system to be built into a standard plastic card, such as credit cards, bank cards and national ID cards. Such system-on-card solutions with a microprocessor running biometric algorithms and storage of biometric user data embedded ensure that biometric data never leaves the card itself. This safeguards privacy.<ref>[http://www.idex.no/ViewFile.aspx?id=813 Biometri og Bunnpris] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514161216/http://www.idex.no/ViewFile.aspx?id=813}} (Finansavisen, 20.03.2012)</ref>
In the fall of 2012, IDEX changed its market focus. Until then, the company had emphasized the use of the technology in cards. The shift came after Apple acquired IDEX's competitor AuthenTec.<ref>[http://www.hegnar.no/bors/article700786.ece Apple blar opp milliarder for IT-selskap] (Hegnar Online, 7.7.2012)</ref> This acquisition was a harbinger that fingerprint readers would be built into mobile phones, IDEX believed, which was reiterated when Apple introduced its iPhone with a fingerprint reader in the fall of 2013.<ref>[http://www.dagensit.no/article2680334.ece - Apples lansering er bra for oss] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000424/http://www.dagensit.no/article2680334.ece}} (Dagens Næringsliv, 11.9.2013)</ref> Since then, several mobile manufacturers followed Apple's example and launched mobile phones with fingerprint solutions.<ref>[http://www.dagensit.no/article2662354.ece Norske Idex én av fire leverandører i verden] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003751/http://www.dagensit.no/article2662354.ece}} (Dagens Næringsliv, 13.august 2013)</ref>
IDEX's SmartFinger Film sensor technology is based on polymer process technologies and offers small, ultra-thin and flexible swipe fingerprint sensors.
IDEX holds early patents for low-cost capacitive fingerprint sensors and has a cross-licence with Apple relating to this technology.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX gets fingerprint sensor patent license with Apple and AuthenTec|url=http://www.biometricupdate.com/201305/idex-gets-fingerprint-sensor-patent-license-with-apple-and-authentec/|accessdate=13 May 2013}}</ref>
IDEX has demonstrated mobile phone-related technology implementations running on an Android platform, as well as a technology concept for fingerprint sensors built into the cover glass of mobile phones.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX to present mobile device fingerprint sensor concept at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona|url=http://www.biometricupdate.com/201302/idex-to-present-mobile-device-fingerprint-sensor-concept-at-mobile-world-congress-in-barcelona/|accessdate=25 February 2013}}</ref> Finger recognition solutions for Apple iPhone and iPad using SmartFinger have been launched.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}
IDEX's technology has also been integrated in biometric ISO-compliant cards.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Validus|title=IDEX and Validus Enter Into Strategic License Agreement to Supply the Next Generation of Biometric Powered Cards|url=http://www.findbiometrics.com/industry-news/i/7173/|accessdate=23 July 2009}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|work=IDEX|title=IDEX and Card Tech cooperate, showcase technology|url=http://www.idex.no/news/companynews/idex-and-card-tech-cooperate-showcase-technology/|accessdate=10 November 2010}}</ref> Fingerprint-based authentication of payment cards has gradually become the main focus of the company's efforts to commercialize its technology.<ref>{{Cite web|last=He|first=Serena|date=2021-02-11|title=IDEX Biometrics Works to Advance Biometric Payment Cards|url=https://identityreview.com/idex-biometrics-works-to-advance-biometric-payment-cards/|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Identity Review|language=en-US}}</ref>
In March 2021, the company started shipping TrustedBio, a new generation of sensors specifically targeting the card market.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-28|title=IDEX Biometrics shipping TrustedBio from mass production supply chain - Identity Week|url=https://identityweek.net/idex-biometrics-shipping-trustedbio-from-mass-production-supply-chain/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=identityweek.net|language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Global Partners==
IDEX has announced partnerships with global companies including Mastercard,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=Mastercard's remote enrollment solution for biometric payment cards developed with IDEX|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201805/mastercards-remote-enrollment-solution-for-biometric-payment-cards-developed-with-idex|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref> IDEMIA,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX, IDEMIA collaborate on scalable contactless biometric card solutions|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201711/idex-idemia-collaborate-on-scalable-contactless-biometric-card-solutions|accessdate=24 November 2017}}</ref> Chutian Dragon,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX developing dual-interface biometric cards with Chutian Dragon|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201811/idex-developing-dual-interface-biometric-cards-with-chutian-dragon|accessdate=24 November 2018}}</ref> Feitian,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=Feitian using IDEX sensors in dual interface biometric cards|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201807/feitian-using-idex-sensors-in-dual-interface-biometric-cards|accessdate=16 July 2018}}</ref> Goldpac,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX and Goldpac partner on biometric cards for China|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201901/idex-and-goldpac-partner-on-biometric-cards-for-china|accessdate=31 January 2019}}</ref> HED,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX collaborates with HED on biometric card reference design|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201811/idex-collaborates-with-hed-on-biometric-card-reference-design|accessdate=29 November 2018}}</ref> Hengbao,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX, Hengbao partner to introduce biometric cards across the Asian market|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201809/idex-hengbao-partner-to-introduce-biometric-cards-across-the-asian-market|accessdate=21 September 2018}}</ref> Excelsecu,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX announces biometric card partnership with Excelsecu|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201812/idex-announces-biometric-card-partnership-with-excelsecu|accessdate=4 December 2018}}</ref> Infineon,<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX and Infineon partner to advance biometric card solutions|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201811/idex-and-infineon-partner-to-advance-biometric-card-solutions|accessdate=27 November 2018}}</ref> and XH Smart Tech.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Biometric Update.com|title=IDEX receives initial order for dual-interface smart card sensors from XH Smart Tech|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201810/idex-receives-initial-order-for-dual-interface-smart-card-sensors-from-xh-smart-tech|accessdate=31 October 2018}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://www.idexbiometrics.com}}
Category:Biometrics Category:Biometrics software Category:Access control software Category:Identification Category:Companies based in Oslo Category:Norwegian companies established in 1996 Category:Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Category:Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq Category:Technology companies of Norway