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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.

 

Juniper urges behavioral biometrics as ecommerce fraud costs to leap 18 percent to $20B

Ecommerce retailers’ annual losses will reach $20 billion this year, Juniper Research says, an 18 percent jump from $17.5 billion…

 

Remote biometric onboarding, KYC growth appears sustainable as customers, FIs see benefit

Online account opening for financial services has taken off during the pandemic, and BioID, Smart Engines and Sumsub have all…

 

Face biometrics providers report gains: Aware 26 percent in Q1, Hikvision 10 percent for 2020

Aware has reported revenues of $4.4 million in its first fiscal quarter of 2021, up 26 percent on a year-over-year basis…

 

ID R&D voice biometrics and facial liveness detection added to Invigilator proctoring app

The Invigilator, a mobile app for protecting the integrity of online exams and assessments, is integrating passive facial liveness detection…

 

Half of organizations use biometrics for privileged account access

Spending on multi-factor authentication (MFA) is set for a major increase, as nearly three quarters of respondents (74 percent) to…

 

EmpTech biometric storage kiosk secures staff travel documents for CCB

Emperor Technology (EmpTech) has won a contract with China Construction Bank (CCB) to deliver its biometric Smart Travel Document Management System…

 

Contactless biometrics and airport automation demand spiking ahead of passenger return

Contactless biometrics and automation were already increasingly important to airport operations before the pandemic, but could be critical as passengers…

 

Biometric access control updates: Precise Biometrics, Invixium, FPC, Aware, Suprema

Precise Biometrics YOUNiQ access control system has been deployed by a partner at Science Village Scandinavia in Lund, Sweden, to secure…

 

Proposed AI and biometrics restrictions by EU draw mixed, muted reaction

Reaction is rolling in to the European Union’s attempt to coral artificial intelligence with regulation, which includes strict new proposed…

 

TikTok hit with biometric data privacy suit under GDPR

TikTok and its parent company are facing a lawsuit from a former UK regulator over allegedly intentional violations of children’s…

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