HID Global
HID Global (part of Assa Abloy) is a leading provider of secure identity solutions, including biometric fingerprint readers and facial recognition systems for access control and identity verification.
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Data Card HID expands Amico facial recognition access reader in North America
2026-07-16CC-BY-4.0facial-recognitionhid-globalHID expanded its Amico contactless facial recognition reader into North America, combining face matching with cards, mobile credentials, PINs, and QR codes for physical access.
- Amico uses visible-light and infrared cameras for contactless facial capture.
- The reader supports face, card, mobile credential, PIN, and QR authentication options.
- HID positions the product for offices and high-traffic access environments, with 3.5-inch and 7-inch models.
Company Overview
HID Global is best known for identity and access infrastructure, but its biometric portfolio is significant in its own right. Through offerings such as Lumidigm multispectral fingerprint readers, BioCore middleware, live-scan capture systems, and citizen identity programs, HID serves both physical access use cases and higher-assurance identity verification environments.
The company’s role in the market is less about a single flagship biometric cloud and more about supplying components and systems that plug into government, banking, healthcare, transportation, and enterprise identity programs. That makes HID relevant across enrollment, authentication, credentialing, and border-adjacent identity workflows where biometric sensors and trusted identity infrastructure need to work together.
- HID fingerprint & facial biometrics
- Livescan systems
- Citizen Identity solutions
- HID Amico facial recognition readers
- Frost & Sullivan 2023 Global Product Leadership Award (Biometric Authentication)
- HID introduced the Amico facial recognition reader for contactless physical access, with face, card, mobile credential, PIN, and QR authentication options.
- HID announced the acquisition of IXLA to strengthen secure issuance and credential personalization capabilities for government and regulated identity programs.