Crayonic Launches Fingerprint-Enabled Wearable Identity Badge with FPC Technology

Crayonic has launched a wearable identity badge powered by Fingerprint Cards technology, adding fingerprint authentication to a device designed for both physical and digital access. The Crayonic Badge is pitched for enterprise, healthcare and critical infrastructure environments where workers need to log into systems, enter secured areas, sign documents and receive safety alerts without relying on passwords, smart cards or phones.

The badge combines multiple authentication factors in a dedicated wearable device. Fingerprint Cards supplies the fingerprint sensor technology, allowing verification to happen directly on the badge. Crayonic says biometric data does not leave the device, and the product is designed without a cloud biometric database or central repository for templates. The device also supports offline operation, centralized device management, FIDO2 authentication and a CC EAL 5+ secure element.

Crayonic describes the product as an operational identity wallet for regulated environments. In hospitals, the badge can combine workstation login, physical access control, real-time location, emergency alerts and voice documentation in one device. In industrial or infrastructure settings, the same architecture could support access to restricted facilities and sensitive data while reducing dependence on shared passwords or mobile phones that may not be allowed on site.

The launch gives Fingerprint Cards another enterprise use case as it prepares to combine with Precise Biometrics. Shareholders recently approved the Precise Biometrics and Fingerprint Cards merger plan, following a joint plan to build a broader multimodal identity company. The Crayonic deployment extends FPC’s fingerprint technology beyond consumer electronics and payment cards into workforce identity and access control.

The badge puts authentication hardware directly into work environments rather than relying on phones, cards or fixed readers alone. Verification stays local to the device while administrators manage credentials, access rights and safety functions across a distributed workforce.

The product also gives access-control teams a different deployment model from wall-mounted biometric readers. A wearable credential can move with the worker across facilities, systems and emergency workflows, while still requiring an on-device fingerprint match before the badge can be used for sensitive actions or location-linked safety functions.

Crayonic says the badge is manufactured in Europe, with research and development in Slovakia and headquarters in the Netherlands.

Sources: MarketScreener

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By Ali Nassar-Smith