Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan talks with NIST researcher Patrick Grother about the evolution of the MINEX fingerprint evaluation.

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS), fingerprint matching has become a part of everyday life. Law enforcement agencies use fingerprints to solve crimes and ordinary people unlock their smart phones, clock in at work or pay for cafeteria lunches. Though the foundations for the technology are more than 1500 years old, its applications have never been more relevant.

In order to predict what will happen with the future of digital identity, Alan Goode also looks at the past to try and predict how consumers will be accessing online services in the future.

Removing the palm vein biometrics from the Robcoin ATMs was not reflection on the technology but more of a business decision to make the user experience simpler.

When it comes to cool new biometric modalities, heartbeat and the Nymi definitely have the cool factor. But a Washington Post story pitting it against fingerprint for modality of the future is a little far fetched as there won’t just be one authenticator of the future.

Could a digital identity infrastructure enable consumers to get rid of cash, dump passwords, and solve privacy problems? David Birch, author of Identity is the New Money, thinks it can go a long way. Birch had been talking a lot about the thing that makes commercial transactions possible has more to do with a reputation than an identity.

Apple isn’t the first company to do NFC payments in the U.S. but they have made it easy. Apple Pay has been around for almost a month and we take it for a test spin and tell you about it.

Mobile devices are vulnerable to attacks, according to the latest report from Javelin Research and Nok Nok Labs. No matter what type of deice or operating system consumers use there are still steps they need to take in order to secure the devices and data stored on them.