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.

States are considering kiosks for renewal or replacement of driver licenses to cuts down on lines, wait times and improve customer service. MorphoTrust has seven states with systems deployed and more in the pipeline.

According to Goode Intelligence, biometric authentication in Smart Mobile Devices – smart phones, phablets and tablets – is becoming a common feature. The consultancy issued an update to its report forecasting that by 2019 there will be 604 million users of wearable biometric technology globally.

Brivo Labs’ Rändivoo visitor management system will be capable of integrating with the Nymi band for identity authentication.