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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.

 

YooniK places among facial recognition accuracy leaders from Western nations in December NIST test

Face biometrics startup YooniK scored accuracy results in the mid-December edition of NIST’s Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) that the company says…

 

Signzy, Idemia, Corsight and Incode appoint new executives

Continuing growth in the biometrics market has prompted several new appointments, with Signzy appointing a new VP of sales and…

 

NEC targets major sales year for biometrics and touchless interactions in 2021

With mask-wearing relatively common among those with allergies in Japan even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, NEC  was already working…

 

Neurotechnology updates SentiVeillance SDK with biometrics for masked faces, new tracking features

A new version of the SentiVeillance computer vision software with face biometrics has been released by Neurotechnology to add face detection…

 

Majority of consumers would switch banks for a biometric payment card, Fingerprint Cards survey finds

More than half of consumers in countries with developed economies would be prepared to switch banks for a biometric payment…

 

Colorado launching ID.me biometric identity verification to fight pandemic claims fraud

ID.me has been selected by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to provide biometric identity proofing as protection against fraud…

 

Acuant and FacePhi announce remote biometric onboarding customer wins

Acuant and FacePhi have announced biometric onboarding wins, while Socure is extending its ID document and selfie biometric services to…

 

Clearview AI biometric data privacy suit sent back to state court

A biometric data privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI will head back to state court after the Seventh Circuit Court of…

 

Face biometrics deployments increase as regulator and public push back

The regulatory heat around facial recognition continues to rise, even as implementations increase from airports to digital health credentials around…

 

American rolls out Daon health passport, digital ID from Evernym and IATA chosen by major airlines

American Airlines has introduced a biometric health passport to streamline travel requirements for all passengers travelling to the United States…

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