Imagine logging onto your bank account just by glancing at your phone. That’s what some TSB customers will be able to do from September when the bank introduces iris recognition to its mobile banking app. It will be the first bank in Europe to introduce the technology, but its arrival will test customers’ trust in biometric technology. Customers will need the latest Samsung Galaxy S8 to use the new way of accessing their TSB accounts. Once they have registered their irises, they will be able to log in by simply looking at the phone. TSB’s chief information officer Carlos Abarca said iris recognition was the most secure form of biometric authentication currently available. “It takes advantage of 266 different characteristics, compared with 40 for fingerprints.”
View Full Story
ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC