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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.

 

Enterprise selfie biometrics solutions from Ping Identity, Ipsidy-LoginID partnership launched

Ping Identity has launched a new biometric cloud service for enterprises based on ID document and selfie liveness checks, while…

 

Anti-financial crime expert hired to boost digital ID and KYC capabilities at Fourthline

Fourthline has appointed Ro Paddock as its new head of Anti-Financial Crime to support the company’s mission to deliver a new…

 

Tech5 and Vision-Box launch biometric immunity passports, SITA adds health status capability

New digital credentials for proving vaccination to enable travel and other activities have been launched by Tech5, and through a…

 

Canada needs biometric surveillance regulation with enforcement powers – Privacy Commissioners

Canadian privacy commissioners at the federal and provincial level condemned Clearview AI’s biometric solution as unlawful mass surveillance, and called…

 

Veridas upgrades voice biometrics engine for high-accuracy fraud detection and authentication

Veridas has launched a new voice biometrics engine which it says has dramatically improved its verification performance and spoof detection capabilities….

 

Yoti partners with MindGeek for biometric checks to stop online exploitation

One of the largest operators of pornographic websites in the world, MindGeek, has chosen Yoti to provide biometric identity verification and…

 

ThreatMark CEO sees behavioral biometrics moving beyond banking

Behavior profiling and behavioral biometrics are well-positioned to move beyond the banking industry, a ThreatMark co-founder said on the Banking Information…

 

Onfido doubles US sales and adds over 300 biometrics clients for record revenue in 2020

Onfido has announced record revenues for its 2020 fiscal year, on an 82 percent increase in annual recurring revenue and doubled…

 

New digital ID entrants and growth opportunities appear on OWI’s 2021 Identity Landscape

The digital ID ecosystem has been undergoing rapid change over the past year, which has brought new players into the…

 

Hikvision to deploy 1,900 cameras with face biometrics for $33M smart city contract

Hikvision has won a contract worth an estimated $33 million to install roughly 1,900 cameras with face biometrics as part…

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