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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.

 

Biometric onboarding customer win announced by AU10TIX, platform expanded by IDology

Open banking financial services provider Prime Trust has selected AU10TIX identity verification technology to combat synthetic identity fraud with ID document…

 

Jumio launches biometric digital KYC platform to orchestrate identity proofing layers and services

Jumio has launched a platform to tie together its various biometric and identity proofing services for streamlined onboarding and KYC processes,…

 

Red Cross sees benefits and risk in biometrics use for humanitarian operations

Biometrics use in humanitarian contexts should always be accompanied by data protection impact assessments and other safeguards, The International Committee…

 

Yitu files application for major face biometrics IPO in China

Yitu Technology is the latest facial biometrics unicorn based in China to apply for an initial public offering on a domestic…

 

Value biometrics over physical credentials to improve inclusion, ID4Africa’s Identity Day panelists argue

Biometrics should be privileged as a source of unique identity assurance over physical documents, and exclusion risk assessments should be…

 

Next Biometrics partners with software maker, Alcatraz and LumenVox each join partner programs

Next Biometrics has partnered with GlobalLogic to move some of its software development activities related to biometric solutions out of the…

 

Aware passes level 1 and 2 face biometric spoof attack detection testing from iBeta with no errors

Aware’s Knomi biometric facial recognition has passed presentation attack detection (PAD) testing levels 1 and 2, in an evaluation of…

 

Alibaba and China Mobile rumored to be investing $443M in Dahua’s biometric surveillance business

Dahua may be in line for a major investment in its biometric surveillance business from Alibaba and China Mobile, with Reuters reporting…

 

Vision-Box biometrics deployed at Canadian airport, more airports in Asia roll out facial recognition processes

Winnipeg Airports Authority has selected biometric automated border control (ABC) eGates from Vision-Box to check the facial biometrics of arriving…

 

Law firm Blank Rome launches Biometric Privacy Team to help companies minimize compliance risk

Blank Rome has formally launched its Biometric Privacy Team to help clients minimize the risks associated with biometric privacy regulatory…

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