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Barclays to Abolish Passwords for Phone Banking

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday August 02 2016, @01:10PM   
from the don't-get-a-cold dept.

n1 writes:

Barclays will start identifying customers with voice recognition technology this week, slashing the need for customers to answer a series of questions to gain access to their accounts on the telephone.

The move represents the latest step in the industry to abolish passwords, moving to technologies which banks believe are more convenient for customers as well as more secure.

First Direct took a similar step earlier this year, while Lloyds Banking Group has experimented with a system online which can recognise customers' typing patterns to deny fraudsters access to accounts.

Source: The Telegraph

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• better 15 years late than never better 15 years late than never (Score: 2, Interesting) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday August 02 2016, @02:48PM

  by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Tuesday August 02 2016, @02:48PM (#383152) Journal

  Recording: Good morning and welcome to Voice Print Identification. When you see the red light go on would you please state in the following order; your desitination, your nationality and your full name. Surname first, christian name and initial. For example: Moon, American, Smith, John, D. Thank you.

  Floyd: Moon, American, Floyd, Heywood, R.

  Recording: Thank you. You are cleared through Voice Print Identification.

  Found a copy of the script over here [palantir.net] that had some extra scenes as well.

  Starting Score:	1		point
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• Re:better 15 years late than never Re:better 15 years late than never (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday August 02 2016, @03:04PM

  by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday August 02 2016, @03:04PM (#383158) Journal

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVyRkl5qNb8 [youtube.com]

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  • Re:better 15 years late than never (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday August 02 2016, @06:53PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Tuesday August 02 2016, @06:53PM (#383253)

    Yeah, I'm not sure this is such a good idea.

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