Australian banks divided over biometrics

Australian banks divided over biometrics
Tags: Biometrics, Image Scanners, Security
September 18, 2005

Computerworld: Australia's big four banks are divided over the introduction of biometrics identifiers to control fraud.

Speaking at a banking technology conference in Sydney, National Australia Bank's senior operational risk manager, Kayelene O'Neill, said that banks need to consider the possibility that when they moved customer authentication to a biometric standardÂ that the individual may be targeted by crooks as a means to gain access to either funds or other items of value.