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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.

 

Idemia asserts top results for biometric performance across modalities in NIST tests

The results of testing by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology show top-ranking accuracy for Idemia algorithms across…

 

New sensors present options for under-display face biometrics on smartphones

Face biometrics have so far been supplied to Android mobile devices in the form of software that makes use of…

 

Delaware triples locations for Idemia’s biometric background checks

Delaware State Police have chosen Idemia to provide a way for members of the public to carry out in-person or…

 

IDVerse signs up regtech, banking platforms for biometric ID verification

ID document verification software from IDVerse, including document scanning, fraud assessment and biometrics, have been integrated with onboarding software from…

 

Plaid face and behavioral biometrics support instant authenticated online payments

Plaid and Astra, which provides infrastructure for fast payments, have extended their partnership to offer a unified software package to…

 

Biometrics market players level-up from startups to heavyweight incumbents

Biometric ID card contracts won by Madras Security Printers in the top stories of the week on Biometric Update illustrate…

 

Incode selfie biometrics to secure reusable digital identity for travel

Incode is forming a strategic alliance with Indiana-based reusable digital identity company Simpello to build a biometric platform for business…

 

IBM facial recognition contract provokes debate on specifics, and ‘general purpose’ fear

A contract won by IBM last month to supply facial recognition technology to UK border security and law enforcement has…

 

Idex’ biometric payment card receives full certification from Mastercard

The biometric payment card bundle from Idex Biometrics made up of a sensor from Idex, a payments module with a…

 

Ethiopia biometric ID card contract won by Madras Security Printers

Madras Security Printers Private Limited has been chosen by Ethiopia’s government to produce one million cards for the country’s digital…

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