What is biometric authentication?

Most modern mobile devices, like mobile smartphones and tablets, offer fingerprint or facial recognition capabilities. This is known as “biometrics.” These capabilities allow apps to perform certain activities, such as automatically signing you in to an account without using passwords or User IDs.

At Openbank, after you download our mobile app on most devices, you’ll be prompted to enroll in biometric authentication – which allows your face or fingerprint to work as the keys to your digital banking account. We strongly recommend enabling biometric authentication to add an extra layer of security and streamline your digital banking experience.

For complete details on setting up the Openbank app, enabling face or fingerprint verification (biometric security), and setting up a trusted mobile device, please refer to our step-by-step demos for Apple® devices or for Android® devices.