This application discloses the use of biometric authentication in a financial transaction.

A journal article that describes biometrics, various implementations of biometrics and various means by which it can be employed.

A money transfer machine that: (information from the Abstract) ' used interchangeably as sender, receiver and dispenser of funds and data. ... A receipt is generated by the sender via the system and a receiver becomes a dispenser only when the recipient retrieves a pending transaction using the appropriate password or identification. ...biometric devices, and other security features for document and money transfers give the users of AAIMTMs the added assurity that their transactions are reliable and trustworthy....'

This patent discusses about a system of using biometric to authorise electronic fund transfer with concepts such as an electronic identicator and the usage of biometric samples to tied to user account. The biometric samples of sender and recipient are also compared as part of the transaction for verification and authentication purposes.

Under the assumption that each pair of participants can communcate secretly, we show that any reasonable multiparty protocol can be achieved if at least Q of the Participants are honest. The secrecy achieved is unconditional. It does not rely on any assumption about computational intractability.

A system and method for enhancing the security of use of a transaction device such as a transaction card through the telephone system.

An automated fingerprint identification system which utilizes an encoded identification card, such as a credit card. Print registration is required. A composite number, based on the biometirc of the fingerprint is created and stored on the card and in the issuer database for later verification purposes by comparison with submitted or candidate parameters based on a fingerprint.