07 January 2021 16:32 GMT Fingerprint Cards announced that the company has received a purchase order from a top-tier global Windows PC manufacturer. This initial order is for several hundred thousand sensors and confirms the positive trend in demand for biometric authentication in consumer and enterprise PCs. “I am very pleased with this order, which is testimony to the strength of our offering for the PC market. We are poised for continued growth in this segment, providing the perfect way to add convenient and secure authentication to PCs,” comments Haiyuan Bu, VP Customer Engineering & Sales at Fingerprints. The pandemic has led to a strong increase in remote working, which can often involve increased IT security risks. By combining security, flexibility and convenience, biometrics facilitate secure, flexible and convenient access to devices and data, regardless of the user’s location.