DULUTH, Ga.–Digital Insight has introduced Android Fingerprint ID to its mobile banking app. The new feature, already live at Arizona FCU, allows mobile banking users to use their fingerprints to authenticate their identities to log in on Android devices.
For community banks and credit unions, the company said the fingerprint authentication functionality will help reduce the costs associated with password resets, lockouts and call center inquiries, while giving end users a secure, fast and easy way to access their accounts via their smartphones and tablets.
Android Fingerprint ID is one of a variety of biometrics-driven authentication features delivered through the Digital Insight platform, including Apple Touch ID and EyeVerify’s EyePrint ID. Digital Insight said it expects to make Android Fingerprint ID available to all of its mobile banking clients in May 2016.
Android Fingerprint ID allows credit union members to log into their mobile banking application without entering traditional login credentials. This new feature gives end users the convenience to access their finances in a simpler and more secure way, replacing manual entry of a username and password, the company said. Android Fingerprint ID will be available on any device that runs the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system and has a physical fingerprint sensor that supports the Android Fingerprint API.