BIO-key International, Inc. announced that a long-term financial services customer has executed a two-year, pre-paid $1.5 million agreement for the ongoing use and expanded deployment of BIO-key?s biometric customer identification technology. The agreement follows continued strong growth in client enrollments by the customer over eight years since its first deployment. The BIO-key system streamlines and enhances security for the client identification process for over 25 million clients and contemplates approximately 12% annual growth in users over the next year.

BIO-key?s enhanced biometric technology automates and streamlines the positive identification of customers at various contact points within its branches. BIO-key?s solution was originally selected following exhaustive testing to confirm both accuracy, scalability and scanner interoperability for security and future growth in enrollment. Approximately 90% of the contract value relates to subscription fees for the current client base over the next two years and the balance is for anticipated client growth over the first year of the term.

A future payment will be due based on growth in the second year of the agreement.