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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.

 

Heavy-duty biometric scanner for large-scale projects launched by Aratek

Aratek has launched a ten-print biometric scanner specifically designed for large-scale implementations or heavy-duty use cases. The new A900 is an…

 

IDnow and Ariadnext combine biometrics portfolios in reported €50M deal

IDnow and Ariadnext are joining forces in a merger to create a Pan-European biometric digital identity verification platform, through an acquisition….

 

Isorg raises €16M and plans FBI biometric certification, commercial market entry

Isorg has raised €16 million (roughly US$19 million) in a Series C funding round, and says the contributions of a pair…

 

EAB tackles future of fingerprint biometrics image quality assessment

The tool used around the world to judge the quality of fingerprint images has been updated, giving it more flexibility…

 

Supercom supplies biometric offender tracking for Finland in $3.6M contract win

Finland is the latest jurisdiction to select SuperCom to provide its biometric offender monitoring technology, at an expected contract value of…

 

Cruise lines using BriefCam’s facial recognition for COVID-19 contact tracing

Cruise ships operated by Celebrity and Royal Caribbean have integrated BriefCam video analytics with facial recognition into their existing security systems…

 

Selfie biometrics top digital onboarding methods for younger people

Digital onboarding with selfie biometrics and ID documents is a favored method of younger people, according to research from Onfido,…

 

Biometric onboarding market reaches new phase as Onfido preps IPO

Onfido is considering a stock launch on the New York Stock Exchange, instead of London, as first reported by the…

 

Belgium launches digital health pass with Zetes trust services

Belgium has launched its Digital COVID Certificate (DCC), with digital trust services provided by ZetesConfidens, Zetes’ digital transaction security business…

 

Advanced biometric technologies and new market entries tackle fraud, chase digital ID billions

Amid forecasts of rapid growth and huge market potential, digital ID platforms launches by Techsign and Ping Identity, new services,…

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