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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 partners with ComplyAdvantage to offer automated anti-money laundering screening

Jumio has announced the launch of a new, fully automated anti-money laundering (AML) screening solution to reduce customer’s risk exposure…

 

New GenKey ABIS produces biometric matches faster and ten times more accurately

GenKey has launched version 4.0 of its ABIS offering for small and large-scale biometric identification and deduplication projects, with new…

 

Atos develops access control system to manage biometric screening for Olympic participants

Digital transformation company Atos has developed an Advanced Access Control System (AACS) to integrate and manage NEC’s facial recognition system…

 

Report highlights potential impact of biometric technology on trust and democracy

The political and economic significance of biometrics are being changed by the potential for sharing biometric data between web servers…

 

Researchers say NIST biometric datasets include images of vulnerable individuals taken without consent

The U.S. government, researchers, and businesses have collected facial images from immigrants, abused children, and the deceased to test facial…

 

Gun storage company develops biometric access control unit

Firearm storage company Vara Safety has introduced a mounted handgun holster equipped with a fingerprint sensor for easy and secure…

 

ImageWare to provide biometric engine for telecom with 30 million customers

ImageWare Systems has reached an agreement to provide its patented multi-modal Biometric Engine for user authentication to a major telecommunications…

 

Yoti announces new e-signing platform and Scottish government deployment

Yoti has made a series of announcements about a new deployment, a new product, a new look and a new…

 

U.S. Congressional Rep. plans national strategy to maintain global artificial intelligence lead

U.S. Congressional Representative Will Hurd (R-Texas) will devise a national artificial intelligence strategy for the country, as Congress will play…

 

EU Parliament approves lowering mandatory visa applicant biometrics collection age to 6 years old

The inclusion of biometrics in the European Union’s Schengen Visa Information System (VIS) for all visa applicants aged six and…

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