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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.

 

Strong demand for selfie biometrics in financial services prompts Acuant partnership

Demand for selfie biometrics and related onboarding technologies continues to be strong in financial services, with Acuant inking a deal…

 

Inclusion promise of ID documents not consistently met in Pakistan, El Salvador, reports allege

How to draw people who have been previously excluded from normal social recognition into digital identity systems is one of…

 

VinCSS launches FIDO2 biometric ecosystem at Vietnamese passwordless authentication event

Vietnam’s government is throwing its weight behind passwordless authentication to address cybersecurity threats, and hosted an event at which VinCSS…

 

Socure partners to launch new comprehensive KYB service to lower costs, fraud rates

An integration partnership between Socure and Middesk has been formed to deliver know your business checks streamlined by the former’s…

 

Touchless access control, future tech support prioritized upgrades in HID Global survey

Touchless solutions are being considered for access control upgrades, including those with biometrics, by about a third of enterprises, according…

 

Andorra selects Pangea and partner for biometric passport delivery

Pangea has won the contract for the design and issuance of a new biometric passport for Andorra. The company won…

 

Jumio sales hot streak for biometrics, KYX services continues with another record quarter

Jumio has reported the highest quarterly sales ever for its digital identity proofing, KYC and AML technologies in the second…

 

Deepfake detection approaches from heart rate to lightweight considered in EAB workshop

Deepfake detection was one of the main topics investigated in the recent workshop from the European Association for Biometrics on…

 

New Paravision VP to lead engagement on ethical facial recognition deployments

Paravision will pursue engagement over facial recognition policy with the public sector with the appointment of Bishop Garrison as vice…

 

Winning.I to tackle global gov’t contactless biometrics market following local recognition

The Aerox Finger v3.0 contactless mobile fingerprint biometric solution from Winning.I has been selected as a ‘Superior R&D Innovation Product’…

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