Allegiance CU Puts Its Finger OnBiometric Security

November 10, 2005, 1:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

REDWODO CITY, Calif. - (11/10/05) -- Digital Persona Inc. said AllegianceCU, Oklahoma City, has implemented one of the company's biometricfingerprint solutions to facilitate secure access to its systems.The $145 million credit union, originally called Federal EmployeesCU, has implemented Digital Person's BioTran, a systems integratorthat will enable it to deploy a solution allowing members andemployees to securely and conveniently access its computer systemusing fingerprint identification. Digital Person also said TelesisCommunity CU, Chatsworth, Calif., and Advantis CU, the Portland,Ore., credit union recently created by the merger of PACE CU andElectra Central CU, have also implemented its biometric fingerprinttechnology.

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