News

Bank of America to boost security for online banking with biometrics

Tuesday 24 October 2017 04:20 CET | News

Bank of America has announced the implementationof IntelOnline Connect technology into its online banking platform, for security purposes.

The new solution combines Intel Online Connect and Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) technology, available on 7th and 8th Generation Intel CoreTM processors, with Bank of Americas authentication ecosystem.

Intel Online Connect technology requires biometric data and is stored only on the user’s device and not on a public server or cloud, providing an additional level of protection for our customers. In addition, Bank of America customers with an iPhone X will have the ability to use Face ID for secure authentication into Bank of America’s mobile app. Bank of America has also been testing the iris scanner with Samsung Pass for potential future use in the bank’s mobile banking apps.

Bank of America plans to incorporate the security feature into its online banking authentication process in 2018.


Free Headlines in your E-mail

Every day we send out a free e-mail with the most important headlines of the last 24 hours.

Subscribe now

Keywords: Bank of America, online banking, biometrics, security, authentication, Intel
Categories: Fraud & Financial Crime
Companies:
Countries: World
This article is part of category

Fraud & Financial Crime






Industry Events