Among the enhancements to its biometric card, Zwipe recently announced that presently installed proximity card readers, as well as smart card readers, can now be used by organisations that want to add biometric authorisation to their verification process without having to implement biometric readers. An on-card fingerprint scanner with 3D capacitive technology resides on the new contactless Zwipe Access biometric card which is compatible with all popular ISO 14443 proximity and smart card readers as it is DESFIRE EV1, MIFARE Classic and Legic advant compatible. Without having to change out their existing card readers, the Zwipe Access biometric card provides an easy, low cost way for organisations to provide a biometric upgrade to access control systems using legacy proximity card or smart card readers.
"While our original biometric card has been popular with smart card reader users, proximity readers continue to be the de facto standard for access control throughout the world," adds Kim Humborstad, Zwipe CEO. "Working with proximity readers now lets more end-users use biometrics on high security openings, such as a hospital pharmacy, IT server room or special research lab, without having to switch out their proximity readers for biometric readers."
