The USAA, a Texas-based financial services provider to members of the US military and their families, has added facial and voice biometric security to its smartphone app.USAA members will now have the option to use their voice or face to quickly and securely access their account information in the USAA mobile app.USAA's facial recognition requires users to look at the screen and, when prompted, blink their eyes. For voice recognition, users must read a short phrase. The firm said that the launch follows a successful pilot in California, Texas and Florida.Biometric logon is now available in Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Washington, Colorado, Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee and Illinois.”USAA is committed to cutting-edge solutions to make our members' financial transactions as secure as possible,” said Gary McAlum, USAA's chief security officer. “The use of multifactor authentication through biometrics is one of the most effective ways to increase security protection as traditional passwords become increasingly obsolete.”The biometric option will be available through an update to the USAA mobile app for iOS and Android devices. The USAA plans to test the use of fingerprint identification to log in to the organization's mobile app.
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