Cross Match Providing Equipment To Interprint's ID Card Solution For Government In Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2002

Florida-Based Cross Match Technologies' Live Scan System Adds

Electronic Efficiency For Fingerprinting 20 Million

Sao Paulo Residents

Live Scan fingerprint technology from Cross Match(R) Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of forensic-quality fingerprint and palm print identification solutions, is at the heart of the state government of Sao Paulo, Brazil's ongoing program to issue new national identity documents.

The state of Sao Paulo program is part of a national identification effort by Brazil to digitally fingerprint its 174 million inhabitants. Sao Paulo is Brazil's largest state, and government officials expect to ultimately enroll 20 million residents in the system. The identification paper, required by Brazil as a form of identification for financial and governmental transactions (such as securing employment and voting), includes the resident's photograph and fingerprints from both hands.

Sao Paulo, after a government bid, had contracted with Interprint, one of Brazil's largest security document printing companies and security information technology solution providers, to produce the official documents. Interprint, after a careful analysis of worldwide electronic fingerprinting systems, then selected Florida-based Cross Match Technologies for its Live Scan systems. "The government of Sao Paulo was very specific in its needs as it implemented the electronic documentation process. Cross Match readily met the government's and our requirements for capturing digital fingerprints. Interprint now provides a total solution, made possible in part by the Cross Match system's ease of operation, durability, and quality specifications for image capture," said Eduardo Kiukawa, Interprint's General Manager.

"Brazilian citizens see first hand the benefits of this electronic system. They can now get their identification documents without dirtying their fingers with ink (the old process to capture the fingerprint images)," said Daniel Annenberg, ID Superintendent of "Poupatempo", Sao Paulo's government agency where the ID program is developed. The Sao Paulo government began the national ID program last year.

Interprint's solution is using Cross Match's industry-leading ID 1000(R) Live Scan Systems for initial enrollment; the company has also provided its Verifier(TM) 300 products for renewal documents. The ID 1000(R) electronically scans the prints of a person's 10 fingers rolled, providing a digital image, while the Verifier(TM) 300 takes the same but for flat images. The system's software, tailored for this application, allows for demographic information and photographs to be captured electronically for printing and forwarding to the national database.

"Our work with Interprint and Sao Paulo continues to grow as the government adds more and more processing centers," said Theodore "Ted" Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Cross Match. "Additionally, we expect other states within Brazil to adopt this system to meet their national identity needs. Sao Paulo has become the advanced model that we expect other states to soon emulate. Cross Match Technologies is truly proving itself as a global leader for advanced biometric fingerprint technology solutions."

About Cross Match Technologies, Inc.

Since its founding in 1996, Cross Match Technologies, Inc. has been at the forefront of applying forensic-quality fingerprint imaging technology towards the development of cost-effective biometric security solutions for law enforcement, federal, aviation, commercial and international organizations. Headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and offering the broadest product lines in the industry, Cross Match is recognized for setting new standards in fingerprint imaging components through its more than 70 patents and related intellectual properties. Additional information on Cross Match is available at http://www.crossmatch.net.