The Latin-inspired IDEMIA reflects the firm’s commitment to a ‘safer world’ based on trusted identities. The company, which formed from an Oberthur and Morpho merger, also plans to focus on biometric ID under a push for what it calls augmented identity.

The decades-old technology is holding its own even as secure authentication relies more on biometrics and digital methods of ID. In spite of the newer tech, holograms are appearing on more passports and appear poised to command a place in the emerging mobile ID world.

Upcoming and major changes to the regulatory umbrella for payments within the European Union will put a greater focus on two-factor authentication of users via passwords, PINs, biometrics and unique transaction codes. The new rules are designed not only to reduce fraud and boost consumer confidence, but make it easier for products to succeed.

Hoping to follow in the footsteps of Estonia, the Asian country is expanding a service that enables consumers to more efficiently fill in digital forms for government services, while at the same time testing tokens for better security. The country’s planned national digital ID also could include services that appeal to the private sector.

The Czech company’s advanced card materials have deployed for some 20 million documents in the first half of 2017, a significant jump from last year, and another sign that polycarbonate IDs are on the rise. Even with such growth, Optaglio does not rule out a renaissance of PVC for card security.

The companies have embedded FIDO-compliant technology in computers running the latest technology from semiconductor heavyweight Intel, enabling consumers to use non-password methods to authenticate payments and other types of transactions. Healthcare and national security uses could follow.

A MorphoTrust USA survey report says the majority of respondents are interested in either owning mobile drivers licenses, or using mobile devices to renew those identity cards. The findings arrive not only at a time of increasing smartphone acceptance but moves to make law enforcement more digital and mobile.

Working with CA Technologies, the state of Louisiana is pushing to bring more digital security and efficiency to 16 government agencies. Already, the secure authentication system has improved service access for some 1.5 million Medicaid recipients, while staying with the bounds of the state’s budget restraints.

A test involving the Australia Post and the credit union CUA seeks to enable potential homebuyers to save time and money by verifying themselves online through the postal agency’s Digital ID app. The push is part of a fledgling nationwide effort to make digital identities more secure and easier to authenticate.

The new SecurePrint Laminate Patch for ID cards and driver licenses from the ITW Security Division makes it harder for counterfeiters to compromise document security. The product fulfills Level 1 requirements and promises to make life easier for law enforcement.