Financial Sector Company - Biometric Solution

CLIENT
Financial Sector Company

 
AREA
Finance

 
PROBLEM
Promote adjustments in the systems of a nationwide cash machine network so that a specific financial institution could adhere to a biometric solution used by different banks.

 
SOLUTION
With the solution developed in close partnership with Visionnaire, the financial sector company and the specific financial institution in question are now adhering to the biometrics standards for several other banks, and more account holders can benefit.

 
RESULTS
The biometrics solution increases security for customers, since it provided the same level of security found in the own network of the financial institution that is a partner of the financial sector company contracting this project.

 
Not only that, the nationwide network of cash machines can accompany the market in relation to new technological solutions, not falling behind any specific financial institution.

 
In all, users of more than 23,000 cash machines spread across more than 800 cities across Brazil have been reached and benefited from the implementation of this new technology, and now have more security to access financial services.

 
TECHNOLOGY
Developed 100% in Java and based on XML configurations; adhering to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts; Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) feature; Oracle database; WebSphere MQ; WebSphere Application Server and Rational Application Developer.

 

   
Detailed problem:
A company in the financial sector, responsible for a nationwide network of cash machines, needed to promote adjustments so that a specific partner financial institution could adhere to a fingerprinting solution used by other partner institutions.

 
The systems of such a network should be adequate to allow biometric validation by account holders of that specific institution. As it is a network of several partner financial institutions, it was necessary to implement the solution in such a way that each one of them could exchange keys at the time they prefer.

 
Note: client is described as a Financial Sector Company because it is not possible to reveal its name for contractual reasons of confidentiality.

 
Detailed solution:
The close partnership between Visionnaire and the financial sector company made it possible to develop a solution that followed several premises, for example the obligation to work with 3DES (Triple Data Encryption Standard) encryption.

 
With the solution developed in close partnership with Visionnaire, both the financial sector company and the specific financial institution in question are now adhering to the biometrics standards for several banks, and more account holders can benefit.