Las Vegas-based biometrics firm FacialNetwork has revealed that will soon be launching a 3D facial authentication app that is already compatible with a range of major banks and businesses.Called ZoOm, the patent-pending smartphone app will provide instant account access to hundreds of companies including Wells Fargo, Chase, Bank of America and Citi as well as Amazon, Paypal, Expedia, Salesforce, ADT, ADP, E-trade, Ticketmaster and many more, the firm said in a statement.ZoOm uses the front-facing camera on any smartphone to capture a selfie video as the user moves the phone toward their face. As the phone moves, it captures a dynamically changing perspective of the face of the user.The frames are processed on the device and compared against previously stored biometric data. The motion path of the phone is also tracked, via the gyro and accelerometer, and used to identify the user's motion signature.Users can also pair a PIN, a fingerprint or both to their faces.”We are the first company to provide facial authentication access to all major US banks, including Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America,” said Kevin Alan Tussy, CEO of FacialNetwork. “ZoOm is multi-factor biometric and it's the most secure mobile authentication app in the world, bar none. It's exponentially more secure than solutions that rely on blink detection to determine liveness, which were easily fooled in a recent Popular Science article and demonstration.””Account setup is fast, easy, and can be done with a disposable email address to ensure complete anonymity. Your biometric data is encrypted and never leaves your device so it will be FIDO compliant,” said Josh Rose, CTO of FacialNetwork. “We have filed extensive patent applications on ZoOm and our smartphone facial recognition algorithms can convert 16 HD frames to biometric data and compare them in under 300 milliseconds.”An Enterprise version of ZoOm with multi-factor authentication and SSO (Single Sign On) for website logins is also in development, pairing a smartphone with a web interface and Chrome Extension for Enterprise user security and Gov authentication demands.

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