Finacle, Samsung SDS to deliver mobile banking services

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a product subsidiary of Infosys, and Samsung SDS, a global ICT service provider, announced a global partnership that will provide end customers with a secure and convenient way to use mobile banking and payment services. This partnership aims to offer financial services customers a seamless user experience and hassle-free access without lengthy authentication processes, say the companies. The companies say this will be achieved using device agnostic Samsung SDS FIDO Authentication, allowing banking and mobile payments customers to use select OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and the hand-held device of their choice. Device-optimized authentication for mobile payments helps banking services meet the user experience expectations. It will also help to advance and simplify micro payments and enable financial inclusion in developing markets where mobile devices are the dominant form of internet access. Samsung SDS FIDO is built on Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) specifications and PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) technology to store critical user information in mobile and server respectively. Users can scan their fingerprint, use facial recognition or other biometric authenticators such as voice and iris detection to complete a payment or transaction in a secure and frictionless way. This can replace traditional authentication methods such as the entry of a user ID, password or transaction authentication number (TAN). This partnership comes further to the recent announcement of a partnership between Infosys Finacle and Onegini towards enabling secure mobile banking through advanced biometrics and multi-factor authentication. Ho Kim, Head - Advanced Mobile Solution Business, Samsung SDS said, “In addition to our recent deployment in the financial sector including Samsung Pay, we are pleased to partner with EdgeVerve to provide our FIDO solution to global banking customers. User authentication and mobile security is gaining more significance in this era of digital banking and Samsung SDS’ standard based biometrics solution ensures simpler and secure user authentication to bring enhanced user experience to our customers. Samsung SDS will continue its innovation to bring Samsung’s technology into the future digital banking.”