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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.

 

Global unbanked population decreases with proliferation of biometrics and cell phones

The number of people around the world with bank accounts has increased by 7 percent from 2014 to 2017, reaching…

 

Veridium announces new Authenticator App to move enterprises beyond tokens and passwords

Veridium has unveiled its new multi-factor biometric authentication app to replace the need for tokens and passwords. The Veridium Authenticator…

 

Verint introduces new facial recognition technology

Verint Systems has launched its new FaceDetect facial recognition software to general availability to deliver automated identification capabilities to existing…

 

Omilia voice biometrics added to NICE CXexchange marketplace

NICE inContact has added the Omilia conversational technology stack to its CXexchange marketplace to provide speech-enabled virtual assistants and AI…

 

Minnesota’s Target Field deploys fan cameras with facial recognition

Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins have partnered with Fancam to capture high-resolution images of fans throughout Target Field, and apply…

 

Zetes marks ID4Africa with whitepaper on identity projects

Zetes is marking its participation in ID4Africa 2018 as a platinum sponsor by publishing a whitepaper on initiating large scale…

 

Breached organizations turning to biometric authentication, Veridium survey shows

More than four out of five IT decision makers believe biometric authentication makes their organization’s data more secure than passwords…

 

European Commission proposes requiring biometric data on all ID cards

The European Commission has proposed that identity cards for EU citizens be required to include biometric images in order to…

 

Panasonic to offer Crossmatch’s DigitalPersona in Toughbooks

Crossmatch has reached an agreement with Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America to offer its DigitalPersona authentication software in…

 

Automated breathalyzer kiosk features Integrated Biometrics’ scanner

An automated breathalyzer kiosk featuring fingerprint biometrics from Integrated Biometrics has been launched by Breathalytics to free parole and probation…

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