What is an .EFT File? Electronic Fingerprint Transmission files explained.

.EFT (Electronic Fingerprint Transmission) file is digital file that contains your fingerprint information securely and is a standard used by the FBI for digital fingerprints.  .EFT files can be created by many digital fingerprint scanning systems to be used with the ATF eForm 4 tax stamp applications. 

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