MorphoTrust inks deals with New York and West Virginia; GO-Trust unveils iOS hardware; CrossMatch wins another European border ID deal; Centrify advocates MFA everywhere; SecuGen, XTec partner.

Research from Visa and MasterCard shows that consumers are becoming more comfortable with using biometrics to authorize payments. Both payment companies are working to bring more biometric options to the consumer.

Group demos new architecture for strong authentication with fingerprint; Fujitsu launched its STYLISTIC Q736 featuring different types of security technologies including palm vein biometric; BlackRidge Technology unveiled an app to provide real-time identity attribution; the Imprimerie Nationale Group and Gemalto have been awarded a multi-year contract to deliver an ePassport solution for Peru; Smartrac has obtained Common Criteria EAL6 certification for its Thailand production site.

The World Wide Web Consortium announced new Web Authentication work based upon the member submission of FIDO 2.0 Web APIs from the FIDO Alliance; Zwipe released Zwipe ID, a card with fingerprint authentication capabilities targeted for the physical access control market; Synaptics announced a smaller fingerprint sensor.

Biometric exit in the U.S. has not been an easy task. Commonly criticized by Congress and the GAO for its slow progress, Homeland Security has a new set of pilots underway to try and use advanced identification technology to track departing travelers.

Morpho announced that the FBI has certified the MorphoWave Desktop contactless fingerprint scanner; Global government biometrics spending is predicted to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 22.34% between 2014-2019; EyeVerify ended 2015 with 2 million unique enrolled devices.

Advanced Optical Solutions Inc. is out to change the way fingerprint biometrics are captured with that it’s calling “zero-touch fingerprints.” The company now has an FBI-certified system that enables authentication by waving a hand through a small door.

HID Global has received an order from the U.S. government for the redesign, manufacture and supply of the country’s Green Card; Crossmatch announced that the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has deployed the company’s fingerprint scanner to enroll refugees and migrants entering the country; GMO GlobalSign has previewed its upcoming identity and access management solution.

Veri-Fire started a crowdfunding campaign for its Guardian biometric trigger lock, a device that mounts on the weapon’s trigger guard and slides forward enabling the owner to shoot after correct authentication.

Hoyos Labs fingerprint app captures four fingerprints using the front facing camera on mobile devices. The smartphone camera takes a picture of the four fingers together with the thumb folded over the palm.