Infineon has launched SECORA Pay Bio, an all-in-one biometric payment card that complies with Visa and Mastercard specifications. It integrates Infineon’s enhanced SLC39B system-on-chip (SoC) Secure Element and the FPC1323 sensor by Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) into the Infineon Biometric Coil on Module (BCoM) package. The solution uses the fingerprint credentials stored on the card as a second authentication factor.

SECORA Pay Bio supports a range of enrollment options, including sleeves, smartphone apps and in-field enrollment. The SECORA Pay Bio enrollment sheet makes fingerprint enrolling via smartphone easier. According to Infineon, the card is the first biometric payment solution to support in-field enrollment. This allows cardholders to use biometric payment cards without additional effort or devices. With these new biometric cards, the fingerprint template is trained with each payment transaction, improving the user experience.

The SLC39B Secure Element offers large memory size and various peripherals. Based on inductive coupling technology without wire connection from the BCoM module to the card antenna, manufacturing complexity can be drastically reduced. The card robustness and long-term reliability is also improved. The biometric sensor card production can be implemented on existing dual interface card manufacturing equipment with only minor operational changes. Complying with both Mastercard and Visa specifications, the use of BCoM technology does not require additional performance testing.

“With this all-in-one solution for biometric payment cards, we are pushing the boundaries of payment cards further,” said Tolgahan Yildiz, Head of the Trusted Mobile Connectivity and Transactions Product Line at Infineon. “SECORA Pay Bio enables easy-to-implement and scalable production of robust and reliable biometric payment cards with high throughput and a smooth consumer experience.”