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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.

 

Fintechs race to adopt biometrics for remote KYC

More than three out of four millennials are “very satisfied” with using mobile device-based face biometrics for authentication, according to…

 

Biometrics earnings in hand, Mitek plans common stock repurchase up to $15M

In a move the company says is reflective of the profitable growth of its biometric identity verification and mobile deposit…

 

BBVA Mexico claims first contactless biometric payment card from Visa issued in Latin America

BBVA Mexico is launching a pair of new payment card offerings in collaboration with Visa, one of which features fingerprint…

 

Brazil’s pilot of Idemia face biometrics advances to simultaneous operation at capital airports

An air shuttle service between Brazilian state capitals São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is testing an end-to-end biometric solution…

 

Corsight update promises ‘high-speed, real-time’ facial recognition, multi-channel processing

Corsight AI has upgraded its flagship biometric software for faster facial recognition processing in real-time implementations, enabling searches of databases…

 

Behavioral biometrics market moves: Elisity raises $26M, D4t4 platform launch, BehavioSec patents

Cybersecurity startup Elisity has raised $26 million in Series A funding to scale its digital identity and behavioral biometrics-based enterprise…

 

US federal lawmakers reintroduce biometric surveillance moratorium

A proposed U.S. moratorium on the use of biometrics for surveillance by federal agencies has been revived by Democrats in…

 

SITA, NEC and Star Alliance partner to extend touchless biometrics across airlines

A partnership has been formed by SITA, NEC and Star Alliance to expand the use of biometric identity for touchless…

 

Biometric smartcard with display developed by Plastic Logic and OneWave

A partnership has been formed by Plastic Logic and OneWave to produce a smartcard with fingerprint biometrics and a thin display…

 

SK Telecom partners with Octatco on biometric security key with quantum number generation

South Korea Telecom (SKT) has launched a keycard featuring fingerprint biometrics and quantum computing technology to provide secure logical access…

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