Alfa-Bank started collecting of biometric these clients in all regions of presence

On December 28, 2018 in Alfa-Bank reported that in 99 bank departments across all Russia collecting of biometric these clients for registration in a Single biometric system is begun. The service is provided free of charge, the procedure takes several minutes.

" Alfa-Bank actively develops online channels of service, aiming to provide to clients the innovation service — including using biometric technologies. Full-scale deployment of a Single biometric system will positively affect the industry, having strengthened the competition between banks, first of all from the players who do not have wide regional network".

A single biometric system — a crucial element of the mechanism of remote identification which will allow the Russian citizens to receive financial services without the personal appeal to bank. The client who once handed over the biometric data can receive service of bank convenient to it at any time and from any place in the world, regardless of the working schedule of departments.

Registration in a Single biometric system is voluntary. For its passing the citizen of the Russian Federation needs to open the account and to be registered on the Gosuslug portal (the employee of Alfa-Bank will help if it was not made earlier). Also the passport of the citizen of the Russian Federation and the Insurance Number of Individual Ledger Account will be necessary.

As noted in Alfa-Bank, the procedure of fixing of biometric data is extremely simple. It will be offered to client to say the short text in front of the camera and the microphone, and its photo and a sample of a voice will be loaded into a Single biometric system. Afterwards only Internet access and also the smartphone, the tablet or the computer with the webcam will be necessary for the user for receiving remote banking services.