Finger veins verify online security

Sep 05, 2014, 04:57 PM

PIN numbers, special keypads, or your mother's maiden name are just some of the things that you might be asked for when logging into your bank account online. Well soon it could all be about your veins - the ones in your fingers. The British bank Barclays has come up with a device that does something called 'finger vein authentication'. We heard more about it from Michael Mueller, the head of cash management at Barclays and Robert Schifreen, a former hacker and now computer security consultant.