Identity Management Systems, Logical and Physical Access, Convergence

American Express goes contactless for access control at its company headquarters

Saturday, February 1, 2003

American Express employees are using a contactless card storing a biometric template to gain access to their office facilities at the Amex World Headquarters in New York. The fingerprint template software and access readers are developed by Bioscrypt. Though this was not confirmed by the companies involved, sources indicate that the card contains a 1k Mifare chip from Philips.

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