IDEMIA is a French technology group formed in 2017 from the merger of Oberthur Technologies and Morpho, headquartered in Courbevoie near Paris and owned by Advent International. It employs around 12,500 people, including 3,000 R&D engineers, and generated more than EUR 2.8 billion in revenue in 2024. The group is known for biometrics and cryptography, holds over 1,500 active patent families and serves more than 600 government agencies and 2,300 enterprises.
IDEMIA is a French technology group formed in 2017 from the merger of Oberthur Technologies and Morpho, headquartered in Courbevoie near Paris and owned by Advent International. It employs around 12,500 people, including 3,000 R&D engineers, and generated more than EUR 2.8 billion in revenue in 2024. The group is known for biometrics and cryptography, holds over 1,500 active patent families and serves more than 600 government agencies and 2,300 enterprises.
Since selling IDEMIA Smart Identity to IN Groupe in July 2025, the group runs two businesses: IDEMIA Public Security, covering biometric access control, justice and public safety, and travel and border solutions, and IDEMIA Secure Transactions, covering payment, connectivity and cybersecurity. IDEMIA has an office in Riyadh and in 2025 signed agreements with Technology Control Company, SAMI Advanced Electronics and Matarat Holding to advance biometrics across Saudi airports, borders and smart cities.
MorphoWave XP2 and MorphoWave SP identify users by scanning four fingers in a wave of the hand, with no contact, for high-throughput, hygienic access control at corporate campuses, data centres, industrial sites and stadiums.
VisionPass, VisionPass SP and VisionPass SP with Fingerscan combine 3D, visible and infrared cameras with anti-spoofing algorithms for fast, fair face matching in all lighting, rated IP65 and IK07 for indoor and sheltered outdoor use.
Software for enrolling users, managing biometric templates and configuring terminals, with integration into physical access control platforms from major manufacturers so biometrics can be added to existing door and visitor systems.
Government-grade fingerprint, face and iris identification systems for law enforcement, border and civil identity agencies, ranked first in NIST FRTE 1:N tests in 2026 for mugshot and visa-border identification at multi-million-record scale.
PaXpress Sky, Sea and Rail and BORDERGUARD deliver biometric passenger processing from curb to gate and automated border control, the portfolio behind IDEMIA's cooperation with Saudi airport and border organisations.
IDEMIA's core algorithms for face, fingerprint and iris recognition are AI models, and the company frames its approach as fairness by design: accuracy that holds across demographic groups, resistance to spoofing, and privacy and trust built into every deployment. Independent benchmarking is central; IDEMIA Public Security submits regularly to NIST evaluations and publishes results on accuracy, scalability and fairness.
In August 2026 its face algorithm ranked first in NIST FRTE 1:N mugshot identification, including a gallery of 12 million identities, and first in visa-border identification with a 40 percent error reduction on its 2025 submission, while placing in the top tier for fairness. MorphoWave and VisionPass terminals match on the device, keeping templates local, and a 2026 partnership with Proof extends privacy-preserving verifiable credentials across physical and digital access.
Where IDEMIA fits in the four-layer AI stack we bring to partners.
Explore the layerIDEMIA Secure Transactions and Saudi fintech SiFi expanded their partnership with a service that lets business cardholders activate cards by tapping them on a smartphone, unveiled at Money20/20 Middle East in Riyadh.
IDEMIA Public Security ranked first in NIST FRTE 1:N mugshot identification across gallery sizes up to 12 million identities and first in visa-border identification, while placing in the top tier for fairness.
Amadeus announced an agreement to buy IDEMIA Public Security for EUR 1.2 billion plus an earn-out, aiming to combine biometric identity with travel technology; closing is expected in mid-2027 subject to regulatory approvals.
IDEMIA Public Security and Matarat Holding, operator of 27 Saudi airports, agreed to cooperate on biometric and digital identity solutions for curb-to-gate passenger processing in support of Vision 2030 aviation goals.
Architecture, sizing and proof-of-concept support so partners propose the right configuration first time.
02Certification paths, workshops and demo access that build partner capability around the portfolio.
03Local stock, professional services, escalation and RMA handling across Saudi Arabia and the region.
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