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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.

 

PSD2 could drive fraud to non-EU payment markets as biometric authentication increases

Most companies are not prepared for the Europe’s new and revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), but that will not stop…

 

Zwipe 2018 results show race to biometric payment cards’ revenue

Zwipe recorded EBITDA results of negative NOK 60.3 million (roughly US$7 million) and net loss of NOK 72.7 million ($8.4…

 

Civil rights groups say CBP ignored them and skipped public feedback for Biometric Entry/Exit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to apply the Biometric Entry and Exit system to all international flights in…

 

Brexit drama blocking public and political debate on facial recognition surveillance by UK police

Fans entering an upcoming Six Nations rugby championship match between Wales and Ireland will be scanned against a wanted list…

 

BrainChip in dispute with licensee over school district facial recognition deployment

A legal dispute appears to be forming over the implementation of biometric facial recognition by Lockport City School District (LCSD)…

 

San Diego port and police considering public facial recognition network

The Port of San Diego was considering to deploy facial biometrics and other AI services to a network of 400…

 

CloudWalk re-identification technology extends facial biometric tracking with improved accuracy

CloudWalk has developed re-identification technology that can track a person by clothing, hairstyle, and posture, to extend and supplement facial…

 

Orlando International Airport’s full deployment of Biometric Entry and Exit cost $4 million

The implementation of the facial recognition system used by Orlando International Airport (MCO) to process passengers at 30 international departure…

 

Gemalto acquires Green Bit to integrate fingerprint scanners with business unit

Gemalto has acquired Green Bit to offer its biometric scanners as part of complete automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) offerings,…

 

Goodix executive says trade war preventing global acquisitions

Goodix is not about to make any global acquisitions, as the company’s CTO and COO Pi Bo told the Nikkei…

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