New research from Unisys Corporation reveals that law enforcement is expected to lead the incorporation of biometrics into wearable technology. 

Mobile payment systems have been touted as the future of financial transactions, but current systems will need to add biometrics for adoption. 

Deutsche Bank is considering scrapping traditional passwords in favor of thumbprint technology, facial recognition, and smart tech that knows how you hold a phone.
 

A recent survey found that password-based authentication is no longer capable of meeting the demands of modern information security, and that 84% of respondents would support eliminating passwords all together.
 

First Tech Federal Credit Union announced a pilot program with MasterCard that will enable First Tech employees to authenticate and verify transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics. 

A new technique created at the National Institute of Standards and Technology may provide information about when a person and their fingerprints were at a particular location.
 

Alaska Airlines just completed a test program that allowed passengers to use their fingerprints instead of government-issued IDs and boarding passes.
 

More than a third (38%) of Americans believe biometrics will increase their smartphone security, while 25% are skeptical and 37% don’t know.
 

Though fingerprints are assumed to be infallible personal identifiers, there has been little scientific research to prove this claim to be true.

Canada will soon collect fingerprints and digital photos from all foreigners traveling on a visa.