BBVA incorporates Samsung's biometric authentication technology for mobile banking

With this solution you become the first bank with access to your mobile app through this manufacturer's iris scanner, so that customers of this financial institution can verify and view their accounts easily and securely.

Samsung And BBVA have presented the service of biometric recognition by iris, that allows access to the bank's mobile banking app to customers who have a smartphone from this compatible manufacturer. This technology verifies the user's identity and gives them access to their accounts., ensuring maximum security and avoiding the need to remember login and complex passwords.

As Raúl Navarrete explains, Head of Mobile Channel at BBVA Spain, "The bank aims for its customers to have a quick and easy experience in their navigation, And iris recognition not only allows convenient and agile access to the app, it offers an unparalleled level of cybersecurity.".

The Samsung Pass identity management solution, based on Fido technology (Fast identity online), Frees the user from having to enter identifiers, Passwords or unlock patterns for logging in, with biometric authentication protection (Fingerprint and iris scanner) via mobile.

The iris scanner technology integrated into the Samsung Pass identity verification solution is also one of the most secure biometric authentication methods, since the patterns of each iris are the most unambiguous password, and one of the simplest and safest ways to keep your smartphone locked and protected from unwanted use.

Biometric credentials are stored on the device using the Samsung Knox security platform, that saves that information in the TrustZone of the mobile, A secure area based on terminal hardware. How Samsung monitors the device in real time, is able to detect if there is any vulnerability and, if so., Access to biometric credentials is blocked.

"Iris recognition is one of the most secure solutions today to ensure that no one but the user can use their mobile device and access their data.. With the integration of Samsung Pass we guarantee that BBVA offers its customers the best mobile protection, while eliminating the need to remember all the passwords that we accumulate in our digital life. BBVA was the first, But with them we offer their customers an absolutely innovative technology", underlines David Alonso, Director of the Business Area of Samsung.

To use this technology it is only necessary to authenticate with Samsung Pass, configure the iris in the terminal and then in 'Profile and settings' within the BBVA application. Also, The client of this entity must have downloaded the latest version of the app, available on Google Play.

The financial institution also has other biometric recognition systems in which it has been a pioneer, like the fingerprint, In addition to being a pioneer a year ago in allowing you to open an account with just a selfie and a biometric recognition system.

"At BBVA, we take advantage of the capabilities of the new platforms to integrate them into mobile banking.. The truth is that improvements are being incorporated in the hardware that allow us to add advanced biometric identification technologies in a reliable way", Navarrete points out. In this sense, Forrester Research has recognized its app as the best in mobile banking services in the world.

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