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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.

 

Feitian reveals Ambiq as biometric payment card microcontroller partner and plans for more applications

Texas-based microprocessor and system-on-chip maker Ambiq has signed what it calls a “multifaceted” partnership with Feitian to work on the…

 

Biometric banking services introduced for Pakistan expats, Ukraine payments, and crypto traders

A remote biometric registration and onboarding process is being introduced to allow Pakistani citizens overseas to directly open bank accounts…

 

Scotland Digital Identity Service plans advance with supplier day planned for October 6

The Scottish government will hold an online Supplier Day on October 6, 2020 to present the aims and objectives of…

 

Scope of biometrics uses on the market keeps growing

The top stories in biometrics, AI and the digital identity landscape this week were united in their different sectors and…

 

Fingerprint Cards patent filing for moveable biometric sensing area on device display published in U.S.

A patent filed by Fingerprint Cards for an improved method of determining and controlling where a large-area fingerprint sensing field will…

 

ID4Africa webinar series, EAB and Biometrics Institute virtual events and Suprema showcase coming in September

Stakeholders in the biometrics industry and digital ID community are planning to come together for a series of virtual events…

 

Auraya voice biometrics and Signzy video KYC business expansions prompt new appointments

Auraya has appointed Clive Busby as its new General Manager for the EMEA region to lead the company’s growth in the…

 

Professor asks ‘who thought face biometrics were a good idea?’

The second wave of algorithmic accountability, as identified by legal scholar Frank Pasquale, entails asking if facial recognition and other…

 

Zwipe partners for biometric payment card personalization as Idex Biometrics CEO considers tipping point

Zwipe has partnered with another company supplying technology to the payment card industry to support the industrialization of biometric payment cards,…

 

Biometric privacy act does not flout state constitution, judge tells fingerprint database provider

Illinois’ biometric privacy law does not flout the state constitution by exempting financial services companies, contrary to the arguments made…

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