<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>SINGAPORE (April 25): OCBC Bank has launched a new business mobile banking application with biometric authentication, said to be the first in Singapore.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The OCBC Business Mobile Banking app allows Singapore-registered users of OCBC's business Internet banking portal, Velocity@ocbc, to access their account balances and transactional activities using fingerprint recognition, without the need to log in using user ID and password.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>More than 120,000 customers are expected to benefit from this application anytime, even when they are overseas, according to OCBC.</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The app features OCBC OneTouch, which leverages Apple's Touch ID technology. OCBC OneTouch is available on Touch ID enabled Apple iPhones, such as iPhone 5s and newer models that run on at least iOS 8 operating system (or later versions). The app is also available for Android phone users on Google Play.</div>

SINGAPORE (April 25): OCBC Bank has launched a new business mobile banking application with biometric authentication, said to be the first in Singapore.

The OCBC Business Mobile Banking app allows Singapore-registered users of OCBC's business Internet banking portal, Velocity@ocbc, to a...

OCBC unveils business banking mobile app with biometric authentication

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