Gemalto introduced its Allynis Trusted Services Hub, a service that enables digital service providers from any market to benefit from a single connection to securely deploy value-added and mobile payment services across a portfolio of smart phones and mobile networks around the world.

The latest set of iPhones will include near field communication and consumers will be able to pay by using the Touch ID fingerprint sensor built into the handset. The Apple Watch, a new wearable from the computing giant, will also have NFC and enable payments.

Legic had launched IDConnect, an ID aggregation service that enables a consumer to use a smart phone with any LEGIC advant and NXP mifare application; the SAFE-BioPharma Trust Framework has approved Exostar as a Full Service Credential Service Provider; sharing passwords is common in the finance world with almost a quarter – 24% – of employees lending their credentials to other employees.

Morpho announced the commercial launch of a contactless four-finger scanner; TSA’s PreCheck programs enrolls 500K travelers; Gemalto announced its selection by NTT DOCOMO INC. for NFC services; Datacard announced that in one year, more than 40 million driver licenses have been issued globally using its solutions; HID released its EDGE EVO Solo IP-enabled solution that brings intelligence and decision-making to the door; AMAG certifies Quantum Secure.

Motorola’s first generation “Skip” used NFC so users could skip entering a PIN or pattern for access to the handset. But reports indicate that the second generation will use Bluetooth Low Energy for that and additional functionality.

There are a number of place transactions can be processed on a smart device, the Trusted Execution Environment — or TEE — is emerging as one of the most popular options.

SecureAuth Corp. unveiled SecureAuth IdP 8.0, an access control solution that incorporates risk-based authentication – analyzing and stopping attackers before they breach an IT environment; HID Global announced that iZipline will integrate HID Trusted Tag Services into its cloud-based software platform that enables mobile consumer engagement via Near Field Communications technology; and Credence ID and Fulcrum Biometrics announced two new deployments of their combined Android-based mobile biometric solution in Mexican and Guatemalan prisons.