Nok Nok Labs announced its latest version of the Nok Nok S3 Authentication Suite; Village Hotel in Glasgow launched a mobile app that aims to automate a guest’s stay; OpenSky has published the first in a series of white papers on how enterprises can protect their assets against cyber attacks; Arcanum Technology LLC announced the launch of the N-Kōd.

MorphoTrust introduced the Identix Trusted Identity-as-a-Service platform; Crossmatch announced the launch of the new Guardian 200 ten-print scanner; MorphoTrak launched its latest in video analytics technology.

A knock against fingerprint technology has always been hygiene. People touching the same scanner one after another are an easy way to spread germs.The National Institute of Standards and Technology is working with industry to bring fast, touchless fingerprint readers out of the lab and into the marketplace.

HID and Microsoft talk about “tapping” for access to cloud apps, Zvetco unveils fingerprint biometric safe, TeleSign launches unified API for two-factor authentication, LEGIC adds Bodet to ID network.

HID Global releases biometric and contactless ID card reader; VOXX buys biometric vendor EyeLock; Usher is FIDO certified; New print module from Entrust Datacard.

Corporate IT executives have a pretty good idea of what their identity and access management (IAM) systems can handle. But when setting up an IAM system for customers the landscape changes quite as the systems involve different technologies and different performance requirements.

Facial recognition biometrics is experiencing a period of growth; the FIDO Alliance adds NFC and Bluetooth to the FIDO 1.0 specifications; Precise Biometrics partnered with Fingerprint Cards to have Precise BioMatch Mobile integrated into two new smartphones from Chinese manufacturers.

Hundreds of thousands of refugees are finding assistance – and something unexpected – in safe camps around the world: a biometric identity they can use long after they move on. These permanent biometric records are being created by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, better known as the UN Refugee Agency.

Tractica forecasts that shipments of onboard fingerprint readers in mobile devices will surpass 1 billion units annually by 2021; Entrust Datacard announced the latest release of the Datacard CardWizard software; Crossmatch announced that its fingerprint readers have been deployed by Togo’s Eateries Inc. to increase security, improve accountability and reduce fraud at the Point-of-Sale.

Mountain America Credit Union announced the beta release of a biometric mobile banking login feature; The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is working with Accenture to deliver a biometric technology system for registering and verifying the identities of displaced persons around the world.