FB pixel

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.

 

Staffing investments continue apace at digital ID firms, but cuts also announced

Veridas has announced the launch of a U.S. subsidiary and the appointment of Michel Nerrant to continue expanding the international…

 

Global ID vein biometrics scanner reaches industrialization with new manufacturing partner

Production of the VenoScanner-F1 from Lausanne, Switzerland—based Global ID has begun at Locatis SA in the Swiss Alps to bring…

 

Biometrics community breaks down details of AI Act proposals in EAB workshop

One interesting point of consensus arising at the European Association for Biometrics’ (EAB’s) Artificial Intelligence Act Workshop 2022 is that…

 

VinCSS launches FIDO2 biometric password manager as Alliance issues security key guidance

VinCSS has launched a FIDO2 platform for passwordless password management with biometrics, which the company claims is the first of…

 

Panel on use of facial recognition by UK police breaks issue down for lawmakers

Leaders from among civil society, police, academia and regulatory bodies convened at the London School of Economics last week to…

 

New end-to-end digital ID platform launched by Mitek to give customers more control

Mitek has launched a new identity verification platform to help organizations protect digital identities and experiences throughout the entire customer…

 

Fingerprint Cards appoints acting Board Chair after Carlström found guilty of insider trading

Johan Carlström is leaving Fingerprint Cards’ Board of Directors after being found guilty of insider trading and sentenced to a…

 

Idemia exec says new innovations could improve biometric data privacy at EU borders

EU Member States and biometrics vendors are broadly ready to implement the Entry/Exit System as it comes online, as seen…

 

Selfie biometrics deployed for fraud prevention, KYB from microfinance to virtual basketball

New York-based Element has teamed up with Cebuana Lhuillier, the largest microfinance services provider in the Philippines, to provide Know…

 

Ingenium rewrites CPNI Test Standard for biometric access control

A Test Standard for Biometrics in access control managed by the Center for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has…

Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides

Most Viewed This Week

Featured Company

Biometrics Insight, Opinion

Digital ID In-Depth

Biometrics White Papers

Biometrics Events