Tangerine launches new iOS mobile app decked with security features

Tangerine is boasting its new Mobile Banking App comes with some first-to-market innovations meant to increase the security and ease of use of their iOS app. The new features include EyeVerify, VocalPassword, and In-App Secure Chat. EyeVerify introduces eye scanning technology into the app. It makes use of Eyeprint ID technology for quicker client identification. VocalPassword, developed by Nuance, makes use of voice authentication technology and requires you to just say a simple phrase to get access into your account. The app also introduces Secure Chat for mobile, saying they’re the first to bring fully-authenticated chat using Genesys technology and made in partnership with IBM. It lets you use the app to do things like change addresses or make a lump sum payment on their mortgage. An Android version of the app is said to arrive in the coming months.

Movie shot entirely with an iPhone gets US theatre release

The movie Tangerine, which was a hit at Sundance Film Festival, will be making its way to theatres in the US this July. What's unique about the film is how it was shot. It was made entirely with an iPhone 5s and Filmic Pro app. It received rave reviews after its debut in Sundance. A lot of other movies have already been shot using the Apple device but this was the first one to premiere at the festival. If things go well with its release, this could open the door for more iPhone-shot films. 

Source: The Verge 

Apple Watch to get Tangerine's mobile app

The first wave of apps coming to Apple Watch are starting to break ground. Tangerine announced that its mobile banking app will be one of the first apps available on Apple Watch. The Tangerine Mobile Banking Apple Watch app will provide users with quick and easy access to their personal banking information from their wrist, including account balances, recent transactions and transaction details.

“We’re excited to be one of the first apps available on Apple Watch as we continue to deliver simple and innovative solutions that allow our clients to bank on their own terms,” said Peter Aceto, President and CEO of Tangerine. “This continuous innovation is what reinforces Tangerine’s position as a forward thinking bank and sets us apart when it comes delivering the future of banking to Canadians.”

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Tangerine employing Apple's Touch ID, biometrics for added security

Tangerine (formerly ING) held an event earlier today to discuss the Future of Banking and announced that their customers will soon have the option of using additonal security features to access their account through the mobile app. Aside from the usual password access, a second level of security can be added that enables Apple's Touch ID (on select iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models) to validate the user's identity. This is quite similar to accessing your iPhone using Touch ID instead of a PIN code or password. Conversely, users that don't have iPhones or are using other devices can use voice authentication as an added access control tool. Hit jump for their full release and more details.

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