Fingerprint Authentication – Does It Fit Your Business?

A fingerprint clocking in machine for employees can be beneficial to your business for several reasons. It is easy to use in you daily operation, saves valuable employee time, and prevent fraud. In this article, we dig into the considerations for using an on-site Time Clock with biometric technology. Is it worth the extra costs? Let’s find out!

There’s no arguing that biometric security measures and advancements have brought convenience to our day-to-day lives. One area a lot of us first saw them introduced was on our mobile devices, with fingerprint recognition being used in place of a PIN code for unlocking your home screen. With TimeMoto, it is possible to use on-site clocking in and out with fingerprint user authentication. Both the TimeMoto TM—626 and TimeMoto TM—828 SC feature an integrated fingerprint reader.

Fingerprint clocking-in

Biometric software captures the biological input from a user to create a baseline data point that will be used as the determining data point for future uses. With fingerprint clocking-in or registration system process, input is compared to the database of collected biometric data.

What else can be said about these biometric security measures? Why should you implement it on your devices in your organisation? Well, to summarise some advantages:

More secure – It’s harder to spoof someone's biometric data and actually utilise it than it is to steal PIN codes or hack an RFID reader.

Very individual – Everyone’s biometric data is different. You have a higher chance of winning the lottery than finding someone with the same fingerprint as you.

Fraud prevention – Biometric technology ensures that only the actual employee can clock in or out, eliminating the risk of colleagues doing it on someone else’s behalf.

Convenient – Not having to carry an extra key card or remember a PIN, relying on your fingerprint scan or facial recognition always gives a person the ability to clock in.

Widely adopted – Due to the commonplace of fingerprint scans and face recognition in laptops and mobile devices, it is easily accepted amongst users.

Quick – Reduce the amount of time spent clocking in. With just a tap of your fingerprint or a scan of your face, there’s no searching for your clocking-in badge, key fob, or spending time typing in your PIN code.

Scalable – It’s easy to add more employees to your database without having to invest in more RFID cards or key fobs.

Biometric authentication might be the best option for your business

Another point of attention is cost. If you might think that biometric security measures are financially not feasible for your (small) business, we can prove you wrong. When you look at our shopping page, you’ll notice that the price of a clock-in machine with a fingerprint scan or face recognition is not that much higher than models that don’t offer these features. If you start to think about the advantages and the return on investment, a biometric clocking system might still be the best option for your business.

On-site TimeMoto Time Clocks are easy to use and connect to your account in TimeMoto Cloud. Visit our shop to discover all models. Remember, you can always choose for a Cloud-only setup, which allows for clocking in and out with a web service and mobile app.

At any point, you can start your free 30-day TimeMoto Cloud trial to try all features of our most complete Plus Plan.

Not sure which setup to choose? Try our Configurator page, compare our Time Clocks and discover what’s possible for your business.