NEXT Biometrics has revealed its latest orders from the Taiwanese and Malaysian governments in the second quarter of 2026.
The three orders span NEXT’s FAP20 fingerprint authentication sensors and reader module for use in a range of governmental use cases.
The orders will be fulfilled from existing inventory for delivery in Q2.
Digital identity market
The digital identity market in Asia-Pacific is experiencing strong growth, expected to record a 19% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) over 2026-2031 (Mordor Intelligence).
According to the company, this is being driven by large-scale national ID programs, booming mobile commerce and rapid adoption of digital wallets integrating payments and biometrics.
“The speed, security and liveness detection that governments need”
Ulf Ritsvall, CEO of NEXT Biometrics commented: “It is really encouraging to receive our first public sector order in Taiwan and further orders from Malaysia.
“We can see that digital authentication and identification is a growing market in Asia-Pacific, led by Government initiatives.
“Our solutions are bringing the speed, security and liveness detection that governments need to authenticate access to public services and enable national digitalisation plans,” Ritsvall concluded.
Orders
The orders represent modest initial values for delivery in Q2 from existing inventory.
NEXT stated that its Active Thermal technology uses both heat from the finger and 3D imaging to authenticate the user.
This enables superior authentication speed and liveness detection to combat spoofing attacks, when compared with other fingerprint authentication technologies.
The sensors also minimise energy consumption and deliver exceptional performance in varying light and environmental conditions.
The Oyster III plug and play fingerprint reader enhances security and streamlines logical access control and Identity & Access Management (IAM), workflows by replacing slower, less secure sign-in methods.
The company added that it is built to support the latest software and ensures compatibility with the new and existing hardware via the Windows Biometric Framework (WBF).
International shipping
Over the last 25 years, NEXT Biometrics highlighted that it has shipped more than 10 million sensors.
Its Active Thermal technologies are certified by entities including Aadhaar, FBI-PIV, MOSIP Compliance and NIBSS, and have been implemented in countries including Bangladesh, China, Ghana, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, US and Vietnam.