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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.

 

Aware appoints investor relations firm to alert capital markets of biometrics wins

Aware is planning a new investor relations program to publicize the success of its biometrics business, and has appointed Gateway Investor…

 

NEC features biometric technology at new Malaysian office, details touchless airport screening partnerships

NEC has provided details on a previously-announced biometrics partnership and another for body temperature screening, and has announced the opening of…

 

Mitek biometrics help immigrants access credit as BFSI providers embrace digital payments

Biometrics and related technologies continue to make significant headway in the financial services industry. Mitek has partnered up to extend…

 

Amazon launches contactless palm biometrics for retail, access control markets

Amazon is launching its palmprint biometrics for contactless payments, access control and more, according to a company blog post, under…

 

UK Biometrics Forensics Ethics Group to advise Home Office on data protection and policing initiatives

The UK’s Biometric Forensics Ethics Group (BEFG) has its marching orders for the upcoming year, which include organizing working groups…

 

Jumio builds out biometric end-to-end identity verification solution with Beam Solutions’ AML platform acquisition

Jumio is acquiring the anti-money laundering platform from Beam Solutions in an asset purchase to add to the face biometrics and other…

 

Telpo launches military-grade all-in-one tablet with face, fingerprint, iris and voice biometrics

Telpo has developed a new, rugged, all-in-one biometric tablet for mobile or fixed-position identification and authentication with face, fingerprint, iris or…

 

BIO-key signs up another college for secure remote authentication with PortalGuard IAM

BIO-key’s PortalGuard cloud identity and access management (IAM) solution has been selected by Chaffey College in Southern California to enhance…

 

Indonesia’s Akurat Satu rises in latest NIST facial recognition accuracy rankings

Indonesia biometrics developer Akurat Satu has finished in the top 25 for facial recognition accuracy with wild images in testing…

 

Biometric accuracy with masks added as criteria for Indian public face recognition system

The biometric facial recognition system being stood up by India’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will have to be capable…

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