---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-006816"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKYI"
cik: "0001019034"
company_name: "BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:22:17.149877+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BIO-key secures $1.04M license renewal from foreign retail bank; cash at $2.7M

## Summary
- $1.04M one-year renewal from foreign retail bank (client since 2015), up 30% YoY.
- Bank's biometric deployment grew from 7M to over 30M enrolled clients.
- Year-end cash position of $2.7M; management expects sufficient liquidity for growth.
- Renewal includes 5% expected enrollment growth; 10,000 employees use fingerprint tech.
- CEO cites growing traction in large-scale deployments to bolster working capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-006816
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKYI
- cik: 0001019034
- company_name: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774926006816/0001437749-26-006816-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774926006816/bkyi20260302_8k.htm

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