Oslo, Norway -May 12, 2021 - IDEX Biometrics ASA, a leading provider of advanced
fingerprint identification and authentication solutions, has appointed Catharina
Eklof as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective June 1, 2021.

Catharina Eklof brings 20 years of global executive management across Financial
Services, Retail, Travel, and Security. She has led commercialization of new
customer-centric solutions across Fortune 500 companies. Catharina is currently
CCO of Defentry AB, a cyber security company based in Stockholm, Sweden.  She is
also a member of the Board of Directors of Avanza Bank (Nasdaq: AZA), the
largest securities brokerage in Sweden.

Earlier in her career, Catharina spent more than 12 years with Mastercard
International Inc. in Brussels, London, and New York, where she had a successful
career, with successive leadership roles building innovative businesses
leveraging Mastercard's global transaction data.  Catharina was instrumental in
establishing Mastercard's global strategic merchant program, bringing digital
payment solutions and new, data-driven business models to organizations around
the world.

Catharina Eklof holds an MBA in International Business and a Master of Science
in Economics from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. She will be based in
Brussels, Belgium.

Vince Graziani, Chief Executive Officer of IDEX Biometrics, commented: "I am
very excited to welcome Catharina to our leadership team.  Her considerable
experience and expertise in security and card-based payment technologies will be
extremely valuable to IDEX Biometrics as we continue to accelerate
commercialization of our leading card-based authentication solutions."

For further information contact:

Marianne Bøe, Investor Relations
E-mail: marianne.boe@idexbiometrics.com
Tel: + 47?918 00186

Brett L Perry, U.S. Investor Relations
E-mail: bperry@sheltongroup.com
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About IDEX Biometrics

IDEX Biometrics ASA (OSE: IDEX and Nasdaq: IDBA) is a leading provider of
fingerprint identification technologies for smart cards, offering simple,
secure, and personal touch-free authentication for all.  We help people make
payments, prove their identity, gain access to information, unlock devices, or
gain admittance to buildings with the touch of a finger. We invent, engineer,
and commercialize these secure, yet incredibly user-friendly solutions.  Our
total addressable market represents a fast growing multi-billion-unit
opportunity.

For more information, visit www.idexbiometrics.com
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