Norwegian biometric technology company Zwipe has revealed plans to partner with US identity tech firm Identiv on access control.Identiv's US-based card service bureau is programming the radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in Zwipe's biometric credential line, providing all physical access control system (PACS) formats from Identiv's portfolio. Through this collaboration, Zwipe customers can now order Zwipe access control products pre-formatted with the 125 KHz and 13.56 MHz smart card formatting schemes.”Identiv is seeing strong growth in the interest for biometric-enabled access control solutions,” said Stephane Ardiley, Identiv Director Product Management. “Zwipe's credential products are very user friendly and offer a fast, efficient way for customers to upgrade to a biometric security level in their access control installations without the need to change their readers and back-end system. We see a good opportunity for Identiv by supplying formatting services for Zwipe cards, which we believe meets a strong, growing need in the marketplace.”Identiv will present samples of Zwipe's biometric cards during ASIS International 63rd Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2017) on September 26 – 28, 2017 in Dallas, Texas.”We are very excited to work with Identiv, as it allows us to address a large segment of customers for the first time – not just in the U.S. but across the world – thanks to the company's expansive customer network,” said Einar Boije, Zwipe SVP of Access Control. “With Identiv's capacity, we can now provide formatting services alongside our access control product lines, making it that much easier to integrate and deploy the world's smallest biometric reader.”

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