Samsung SDS has embarked on an ambitious move to expand its mobile security solution business to the European market, with Barclays understood to be an interested party.Samsung SDS's mobile security solutions, which focus strongly on biometrics, are used as a means of user authentication for Samsung Pay, which has millions of users – the company has seen particular success in the South Korean internet banking sector and through EdgeVerve, an Indian-based global banking systems provider.Samsung SDS said it will work with Samsung Electronics to assist the development of digital banking services for Barclays, the second largest investment bank in the U.K. Through this project, the companies will supply KNOX (Samsung Electronics' mobile security platform) and FIDO (SDS's mobile authentication solution), to help Barclays develop and launch fast and safe digital services.Furthermore, Samsung SDS signed a memorandum of understanding with German company G&D to work together on a mobile authentication solution business.Both companies hope to radically reform existing password-based security policies by providing SDS's mobile biometric solution to G&D's banking clients.Samsung SDS also signed a memorandum of understanding with various unnamed UK cable and mobile operators to supply its mobile security solutions, such as the enterprise mobile management (EMM) and mobile biometric (FIDO) solutions. In return for the solutions, the U.K. operators will provide a cloud environment in which SDS's mobile security solutions will be installed.The companies will first begin the project in the public sector including governments, and will continuously expand the areas of collaboration by extending services to banking customers.

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