Russian central bank starts using biometric database of bank customers

Citizens can submit face and voice data to banks to be authorised for remote transactions

Bank of Russia
The Bank of Russia
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The Bank of Russia has unveiled a system that will collect biometric data on commercial banks’ customers and use it to authenticate their transactions.

Russian citizens can submit biometric data on their facial images and their voices by attending authorised banks in person, the central bank said in a press release written in Russian and released on June 29.

The service was made available from June 30 at more than 400 bank premises in 140 Russian cities.

Banks will register each citizen who

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