IDEX Biometrics ASA, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and sells fingerprint authentication solutions in Norway, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company's fingerprint authentication solutions are used primarily in contactless smart cards, that includes financial payment and access control cards, as well as card-based devices for the storage of digital currencies. It primarily serves smart card manufacturers and similar solution integrators. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.