Product: Fingerprint Sensor Pen
Company: Pen-One Inc.

Biometric verification as a fraud fighting tool makes a lot sense, if you think about it. Even with all the information there is on data breaches and security flaws, simple preventive measures, such as store clerks checking and verifying customers' IDs when they make purchases with payment cards, are often neglected. If someone is using a stolen card, many times all they need to do is forge a signature.

A new way to use biometric technology ties a signature to an individual's personal information and verifies identity during financial transactions. Pen-One Inc. has introduced the Fingerprint Sensor Pen that links a signature with automated electronic fingerprint recognition.

The Pen can be used wherever a secure authenticated signature is necessary. It works like this: Businesses that use the biometric writing instruments register customers by taking a scan of the fingerprint. The fingerprint template is stored on a contactless or magnetic stripe card, key fob or other portable device that stays with the consumer, who brings it to the merchant location for swiping and comparison. The templates can also be stored by the merchant in the business' central database and accessed by the pen for verification.

Either way, the pen is linked to and integrates with the POS system through a USB port or a wireless connection. The pen is ergonomically designed so that when customers hold it, their index finger rests on a sensor that reads the fingerprint. The fingerprint sensor instantly verifies whether or not the person is the registered user of the pen. The pen will write on paper or on electronic devices such as tablets or PDAs.

The Fingerprint Pen will provide practical, reliable biometric identification, without clerks needing to ask for ID, for many types of businesses including banks, check cashing centers, retail locations and loan processors.

Pen-One Inc.
Phone: 248-644-1014
Fax: 413-521-4703
www.pen-one.com