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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.

 

Infinity Optics argues for biometric “privacy by default” and leverages award in promotional material

Infinity Optics is touting its technology as protecting “privacy by default” as the company promotes its recent recognition for biometrics innovations…

 

Biometrics offerings for keeping people safe at work and making payments jostle for market position

Anticipation for broad deployments of biometrics for contactless work processes is exceeded only by excitement for the commercialization of fingerprint…

 

Biometric payment cards to ride contactless wave, market producing extra 110M units in 2020

Biometric payment cards are expected to play a major role in a trend towards the use of multi-factor contactless transactions…

 

CloudWalk raises $250M and plans IPO as biometrics firms flourish in China during pandemic response

CloudWalk has raised RMB 1.8 billion (US$254 million) in funding from a group of provincial and municipal funds in China to…

 

Precise Biometrics and BIO-key report revenue gains ahead as new strategies bear fruit

Precise Biometrics has reported a dramatic improvement in its fiscal results for the first quarter of 2020, compared to the same…

 

Facial recognition for reduced workplace contact launched by Invixium, Reflexis and Facewatch

Invixium has upgraded two biometric workforce management hardware with fever detection and the introduction of software for touchless operation. The company…

 

Aadhaar biometrics not required for government aid but coming available for securities eKYC checks

Biometrics will not be required for government aid disbursement in Telangana, after the Indian state’s high court ruled that thousands…

 

3D cameras ideal for facial biometrics and distance checks as world returns to work, Orbbec CEO says

Biometrics are widely expected to continue playing a major role in people gradually resume public interaction after weeks or months…

 

Idex Biometrics reports modest results and housekeeping in run-up to payment cards commercialization

Idex Biometrics has reported revenues in the first quarter of 2020 of $100,000, for an EBITDA and net loss of…

 

ID R&D passive biometric facial liveness integrated by Hive for enterprise onboarding

Digital identity company Hive has selected passive facial liveness biometrics from ID R&D to integrate with its Modern Identity Platform…

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