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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Next steps in Papua New Guinea’s DPI rollout include digital ID for KYC, AI adoption

Papua New Guinea’s accelerating march through digital government transformation now includes an AI adoption framework, a workshop on implementing the…

 

World deploying iris biometric Orbs to more stores in Japan, US

A new deal between Tools for Humanity and Japan-based Medirom Healthcare Technologies could lead to deployments of World’s Orb iris…

 

IriTech provides iris biometrics for Uganda’s upgraded registration kits

The next-generation biometric registration kits rolled out across Uganda as the country attempts to reach 33 million people registered for…

 

Incode aces iBeta Level 3 biometric PAD test for both iOS and Android

Liveness detection software from Incode has passed presentation attack detection (PAD) evaluations to iBeta’s Level 3 on both iOS and…

 

Amadeus emerges as suitor for Idemia PS, deal would create airport biometrics behemoth

Global aviation technology supplier Amadeus IT SA has emerged as a potential buyer for Idemia Public Security, sources tell Bloomberg….

 

Mastek win £49M deal to support UK Home Office Biometrics delivery

Digital engineering and cloud transformation firm Mastek has won a contract to engineer, integrate and develop the UK Home Office…

 

Liveness, continuous authentication helps businesses meet tightening AML rules

Regtech providers have announced a series of launches and distribution deals to help with the specific identity verification needs of…

 

Biometrics adoption for identity fraud protection depends on regulatory balance

Biometrics use at borders, in age assurance and law enforcement run quickly into concerns around data privacy and proportionate use,…

 

Identy joins NIST fingerprint biometrics performance evaluation with strong results

Identy has joined the Friction Ridge Image and Features Technology Evaluation (FRIF) – Exemplar One-to-Many (TE E1N) by NIST with…

 

UK guidance on digital ID for AML compliance answers and raises questions

Money laundering is one of the social ills digital identity can potentially help with, and new guidance from the UK’s…

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