A person using a contactless payment method with a mobile phone and a red card in a card holder on a white surface, with a partially visible keyboard in the background.

Get started with your ATKey.Card NFC — secure, simple, and passwordless.

Welcome to ATKey.Card NFC.

This guide walks you through everything you need to set up and activate your fingerprint-enabled card.

You’ll learn how to:

A. Enroll your fingerprint, register the card with your accounts, and start FIDO2 passwordless login across platforms.

B. Activate the Tapni digital business card account with ATKey.Card NFC.

C. Set up the fingerprint authentication for the PIV smart card.

Quick Access →

Fingerprint & FIDO2 Passwordless
Tapni Digital Business Card
PIV Authentication with Fingerprint

Get Prepared

Unbox and check your ATKey.Card NFC, then get your Mobile or PC device to start.

Close-up of a contactless payment using a red mobile device, with a finger holding a credit card near a card reader.

Before you begin, make sure both your ATKey.Card NFC and device are ready for setup

  1. Unbox your ATKey.Card NFC and ensure the card surface and fingerprint sensor are clean.

  2. You’ll find an 8-digit number on the card next to the FIDO2 logo — this is your ATKey keycode, a unique identifier for your ATKey. You may need your keycode later for support, warranty, or enterprise registration.

  3. Get your device prepared:

    • Mobile device with an NFC reader embedded (ex, iPhone)

    • PC with an NFC reader embedded (ex, Microsoft Surface Pro 10, ASUS ExpertBook NumberPad)

    • Card reader connected to PC (card reader reference list)

Enroll Your Fingerprint

Your fingerprint is the key to your ATKey.Card NFC — it’s securely stored inside the device and never shared.

A person holding a red and white FIDO security card above a smartphone with a fingerprint scan screen. The phone displays instructions to keep the security key still on the sensor for four times.

You can perform fingerprint enrollment on different operating systems - Mobile and PC.

    1. Connect your card to the PC with a card reader

    2. Go to Settings → Accounts → Sign-in options → Security Key → Manage

    3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a Security Key PIN — required by FIDO2 and used for fingerprint management once enrollment is complete.

    4. Follow the on-screen instructions to enroll your fingerprint. Fingerprint enrollment on ATKey.Card NFC requires 4 successful touches on the sensor. For best results, touch from different angles during the enrollment process to ensure your fingerprint is fully captured and easily recognized in future authentications.

    5. You can enroll fingerprints from max. 2 fingers to match your typical usage habits and ensure easier access across various devices.

    6. Watch this video for more details

    1. Launch SecurityKey Desktop APP

    2. Connect the PC and the card with a reader

    3. In the tab “FIDO2”, follow the on-screen instructions to create a Security Key PIN — required by FIDO2 and used for fingerprint management once enrollment is complete.

    4. Follow the on-screen instructions to enroll your fingerprint. Fingerprint enrollment on ATKey.Card NFC requires 4 successful touches on the sensor. For best results, touch from different angles during the enrollment process to ensure your fingerprint is fully captured and easily recognized in future authentications.

    5. You can enroll fingerprints from different fingers to match your typical usage habits and ensure easier access across various devices.

    1. Launch SecurityKey NFC APP

    2. Click Manage and tap your card to the NFC area to scan

    3. Click PIN Code and follow the on-screen instructions to create a Security Key PIN — required by FIDO2 and used for fingerprint management once enrollment is complete.

    4. Click Fingerprint and follow the on-screen instructions to tap your card and enroll your fingerprint. Fingerprint enrollment on ATKey.Card NFC requires 4 successful touches on the sensor, and the card needs to stay in the NFC area durning the proccess. For best results, touch from different angles to ensure your fingerprint is fully captured and easily recognized in future authentications.

    5. Watch this video for more details

    1. Launch SecurityKey NFC APP

    2. Click Manage and tap your card to the NFC area to scan

    3. Click PIN Code and follow the on-screen instructions to create a Security Key PIN — required by FIDO2 and used for fingerprint management once enrollment is complete.

    4. Click Fingerprint and follow the on-screen instructions to tap your card and enroll your fingerprint. Fingerprint enrollment on ATKey.Card NFC requires 4 successful touches on the sensor, and the card needs to stay in the NFC area durning the proccess. For best results, touch from different angles to ensure your fingerprint is fully captured and easily recognized in future authentications.

    5. NFC reading area may be different across devices, make sure to check this out with your device provider before you start.

Register your accounts to enable FIDO2 passwordless login.

Smartphone displaying Maxime Leroy's profile on a social media app, with a business card for Maxime Leroy floating above.

Activate Tapni Digital Business Card

  1. Before you begin, make sure you have an ATKey.Card NFC supports Tapni

  2. Download the Tapni App and register for a Tapni account

  3. Launch the Tapni App, and go to Settings > My products

  4. Click Activate Product, select NFC, and click Activate via NFC

  5. When the Ready to Scan dialogue pops up, tap the card to the NFC area

    • If fingerprints have been enrolled for the card, please tap with fingerprint-on for verification

  6. Design your profile (ex: add contact card, links, etc)

  7. Tap your ATKey.Card NFC on others device to share your contact

    1. Make sure you have activated your ATKey.Card NFC with Tapni APP (In the Tapni APP, go to the tab “More” > “My Products” to check if the cards are connected to your account).

    2. Confirm that your profile is in public mode (in the Tapni app> tap “More” > check if “Public Profile Mode” is on).

    3. Re-connect your card with the account.

    4. If the above steps can not solve your problem, contact us for further support.

  • User can temporary turn off the function to simplify the NFC experience on devices, or when the function is not required at the moment.

    Within SecurityKey NFC APP, find “Digital Biz Card” in the side menu > verify yourself > turn the switch off and click confirm > read your card again. Follow the step above again to enable.

  • Please confirm that:

    • The NFC function on Android device is ON, and find the NFC area Learn more

    • Your ATKey.Card NFC support digital business card See How

    • Your digital business card function is enabled See How

    • Hold the card with fingerprint-on-sensor while tapping card if the biometric protection has been turned ON Watch Demo

Smart Card PIV Authentication with Fingerprint

touch_double

Enable Fingerprint Protection

Before you begin, make sure you have completed the fingerprint enrollment.

    1. Launch SecurityKey Desktop

    2. Connect the PC and the card with a reader

    3. In the tab “PIV”, update the PIV PINs from the default values

    4. Enable “Biometric protection” & “Protect management key with PIN/Biometric”

    1. Launch SecurityKey Desktop

    2. Connect the PC and the card with a reader

    3. In the tab “PIV”, update the PIV PINs from the default values

    4. Enable “Biometric protection” & “Protect management key with PIN/Biometric”

The default value of PIV PINs:

  • PIV PIN: 123456

  • PUK: 12345678

  • Management Key: 010203040506070801020304050607080102030405060708

devices

Device Setup for Authentication

    1. Download the ATKey Smart Card Mini driver (Download) *Supporting OS: Win11 x64, Win10 x64, x86, arm

    2. Search and launch the Device Manager from the Windows search box.

    3. Expand the Smart Card section to view the current driver used.

    4. To update the driver to ATKey Smart Card Mini driver, right-click and select Update driver > Browse my computer for drivers > Set the location to the downloaded file in theprevious step > Next.

    5. A line of text, “Enter PIN or leave it empty to verify Fingerprint.” on the smart card verification dialogue. Touch the fingerprint sensor and click enter with the PIN field empty for fingerprint verification.

    1. The AtPivToken is downloaded together with the SecurityKey Desktop APP

    2. When the token driver is activated, a “Verify with your fingerprint notification” will show together with the “Smartcard verification pop-up” asking for the PIN

    3. Touch the fingerprint sensor and click enter with the PIN field empty to verify the fingerprint (hold until the loading is complete).

    4. Follow the instructions to enable the AT token driver manually if the “Verify with your fingerprint notification” doesn’t show

    1. Launch the SecurityKey NFC APP

    2. Click “Manage” and NFC scan the card

    3. In the side menu, go to “Certificates”

    4. Click “+” to add the certificate public key to the device from the card. Certificates on devices are ready to be used for smart card authentication

Install driver on device for fingerprint smart card authentication

We also provide the PKCS#11 library for users to integrate fingerprint smart card verification with applications. Contact us for more information!

Smart Card Use Case Setup Guides

Close-up of a person's finger pressing a key on a laptop keyboard, with a computer screen in the background.
Passwordless Mac Login
Close-up of a person writing on a paper with a white and gold pen.
Sign and Encrypt Message with S/MIME Certificate

Device Compatibility & Suppots

PC Mobile
OS Windows PC Mac iPhone Android
ATKey setting Via Device Account Setting Via SecurityKey Desktop APP Via SecurityKey NFC APP Via SecurityKey NFC APP
Major browser availability for NFC FIDO2 authentication Chrome, Edge Safari Chrome, Safari Chrome (U2F only)
Smart Card configuration Via SecurityKey Desktop APP Via SecurityKey Desktop APP - -
Smart Card authentication with fingerprint Via SecurityKey Desktop APP (AtPivToken) ATKey Smart Card Minidriver Via SecurityKey NFC APP -
PKCS#11 Library for fingerprint authentication Support via request Support via request - -

Make it easy for you to manage the card - Supporting Utilities

Mobile App “SecurityKey NFC”

Download iOS App
Download Andriod App

Desktop App “SecurityKey Desktop”

Download Mac App
Download Windows App*

*Run the SecurityKey Desktop as admin on Windows to enjoy the full function.

Need Help? Meet Your ATKey Setup Assistant

IIf you’re new to ATKey or setting up multiple devices, our Setup Assistant can walk you through the entire process.

Woman with black hair and glasses working on a laptop at a wooden desk in a modern office with a brick wall. The desk has a potted plant, open notebook, smartphone, and a blue mug. In the background, shelves with books, a camera, and office supplies, as well as various decorative items, are visible.
A man with a headset sitting at a desk in an office, smiling at his computer. There is a window with a plant and a gray wall with text behind him.
Book for Assistance