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Smart Banking under your thumb: UniCredit Bank is launching fingerprint logon to mobile banking

UniCredit Bank has prepared breaking innovations of its mobile application for its clients. Owing to the use of state-of-the-art features of smartphones, clients will be able to log on to the Smart Banking and Smart Key mobile applications using their fingerprint. This logon method will be available for Apple and Samsung smartphones. For selected models of these brands, this new feature is available to UniCredit Bank clients since 18 May.

Instead of entering your PIN code, all you have to do is to use your finger and the uniqueness of your fingerprint provides you with a quick, innovative and easy access to mobile banking. This is what the digital future of clients' access to their finance may look like. At the same time, fingerprint logon is very safe.

In addition to breaking innovations for logging the mobile application of UniCredit Bank is available to clients in a completely new trendy coat (i.e. a flat design) used for advanced mobile applications nowdays.

 "We are the first in the Czech and Slovak market to offer an innovation in mobile banking which will definitely make our clients even more "cool".  The uniqueness of clients' fingerprints will allow them to access the Smart Banking and Smart Key applications and, at the same time, it will save their time during the logon process," says Carmelo Minardi, Head of Multi-Channel Banking, UniCredit Bank.

 In order to secure personal data protection, the mobile application will use fingerprint technologies available in new mobile devices. These technologies use fingerprints saved in the user's smartphone. The fingerprints are neither saved nor sent to the bank's server. This innovative, quick and unique access to mobile banking may be used by owners of iPhone 5S, 6 and 6 Plus with iOS 8.1.1 and higher. As for Androids, it is for selected models of Samsung. Support for fingerprint logon is also available for tablets. For other brands of smart mobile phones is fingerprint logon planned, depending on the technological availability of this feature in individual models and the credibility of their manufacturers.