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To: David who wrote (9168)	7/7/1998 11:06:00 AM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

It's Tuesday, so it is time for some news: F3 being installed in Malaysian bank . . . . First, let's go back to an AP Worldstream article of December 22, 1997, which reported that Siemens Nixdorf and Fingerscan-Singapore "are working together towards incorporating fingerprints into smart cards for a bank in Malaysia. According to Fingerscan's vice president for Asia Phillip G. Sibree, the company is supplying biometric identity verification original equipment manufacturing (OEM) kits to Siemens Nixdorf Malaysia together with integration tools for [ATMs]. . . . For the smart card system, a special OEM version of Fingerscan's F3 biometric identity verification device will be used." On June 18, 1998, the New Strait Times Press (Malaysia) reported: "Southern Bank Berhad has emerged as the first bank in Malaysia and the Region to adopt Siemen Nixdorf's fingerscan biometric software in a move to make automated teller machine [ATM] transactions more secure. The technology . . . is being used on a trial basis, but will soon be launched to the public." The article goes on to explain that the smart card carries a biometric template of the fingerscan. The card is inserted in the ATM, and the user submits to a finger challenge to verify his identity. IN OTHER WORDS, F3 is very much out of the laboratory, and IDX has another bio-ID bank deal.

To: David who wrote (9168)	7/7/1998 12:30:00 PM
From: Hockeyfan	Respond to of 26039

IDX's AOL board is Dead Very little information changes hands there anymore. The DBI supporters have pretty much stopped posting. I think they only posted there because they could use multi-colored fonts. Now that the writing is on the wall for DBI's livescan opportunities and DBI doesn't have a viable single finger Bio-ID scanner they would be smart to sell out to a bigger player in an attempt to keep their jobs. Unfortunately I haven't had time to copyright my name, but maybe I could get the DBI attorneys to post-date a submission form and work me up a couple illustrations. J.