Bradesco will require a hundred biometry in PIX’s suspicious transfers

Bradesco may ask Identity confirmation was accepted as a suspect through facial biometry to verify transfers through PIXAs announced on 30 Thursdays. The measure will be applied to the customers of the legal institution (PJ) in the App Net company and then expanded to all account holders.

Using artificial intelligence algorithms to analyze the user behavior in each process, the security mechanism is triggered if something is confirmed other than the standard, as the financial institution explains. Thus, the customer will have to make face recognition to complete the operation.

This system, similar to the safety sources found in other banks, helps to reduce the risk of fraud, as it requires the approval of the account holder to conclude the transfer. For example, if the phone is stolen, stolen or disappeared, it may be useful to prevent inappropriate withdrawal.

Facial biometry authentication for transfers through Pix Do Bradesco It should be available for individual customers from March onwardsAccording to the bank, in the application of such account holders. It is noteworthy that the function is activated if you define any abnormality, not all operations.

Other security measures

In addition to this new initiative, the company has recently announced other measures to protect customers from financial fraud attempt such as behavioral biometry. In this case, it is possible to define abnormalities in other functions of banking application that requires additional verification with the platform.

Bradesco also If you find any atypical pix process, the virtual assistant bia who will contact customers will contact customers For this account. The Bot sends a message to the registered phone via WhatsApp and checks whether the transfer is really made by the person.

According to the bank, all these extra protection layers are necessary to prevent the action of scammers who can benefit from stolen data to pass through real customers.