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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.

 

Jumio biometrics to boost regulatory compliance and fraud reduction of bitcoin market Paxful

Peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful has selected Jumio’s artificial intelligence-powered biometric identity verification to meet the platform’s know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money…

 

Missouri school district deploys Panasonic facial recognition for security and access control

The West Platte School District in Weston, Missouri has installed 95 cameras equipped with biometric facial recognition in an effort…

 

CallSign partners with CK Hutchison to protect UK telecom customer from SIM swap fraud

CallSign has formed a partnership with CKH Innovations Opportunities Development (IOD) to enhance fraud detection and prevention by British telecoms….

 

Speech recognition startup Liopa closes six-figure crowd-funded seed round

Lip-reading speech recognition startup Liopa has closed a successful seed funding round, raising two and a half times its target…

 

Lanner launches Intel-powered solution for edge facial biometrics and vision analytics

Network appliance and intelligent video recorder developer Lanner Electronics has launched an edge vision analytics solution at ISC West, leveraging…

 

Standard for EU biometric ID cards one step from approval after passing European Parliament

The European Parliament has voted to introduce minimum common security standards for identity cards and residence documents throughout the EU,…

 

Sidehide integrates Onfido biometric verification for hotel check-in

Mobile hotel booking app Sidehide has chosen Onfido as a partner to deliver a frictionless, one-click hotel check-in experience with…

 

Nxt-ID announces earnings gains and reasserts plan to spin-off new authentication company

Nxt-ID has reported year-over-year revenue growth of 7 percent from $16 million in fiscal 2017 to $17.1 million in 2018,…

 

Precise Biometrics to vote on reverse share split and new issuances at AGM

Precise Biometrics will vote on proposals to declare no dividend for fiscal 2018, and to reverse a previous share split…

 

RealNetworks launches product to integrate facial biometrics with video management systems

RealNetworks has launched a new product to integrate its SAFR biometric facial recognition live video platform with leading video management…

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