Safer shopping
Online shopping can mean more opportunity for fraudsters. Follow our useful tips to keep you safe.
Now you can add an extra layer of advanced security in our app – set up face biometrics. It goes beyond face recognition to identify what makes your face unique.
It involves taking a photo of yourself that is encrypted and securely stored on the Ulster Bank database. When you come to use biometric approval you’ll need to put your face in the frame and follow the on-screen instructions.
This is a check to make sure you're a real person and helps stop fraud. It is a simpler way of managing your money and is a handy alternative to your card reader.
There's no time like the present. Especially when it comes to the security of your banking. To get set up, make sure you have downloaded our mobile app. This will mean that you can set up biometric approval and manage your payments and banking in our most safe and secure way.
App available to customers aged 11+ with compatible iOS and Android devices and a UK or international mobile number in specific countries.
Biometric Approval is available to eligible mobile app customers aged 16 or over.
To register your face you just need your mobile device with the mobile app and a forward-facing camera.
If you don’t have notifications on, we’ll ask you to turn them on. This will help when you need to approve something.
When we ask you to approve something, you just look at the camera and blink to confirm it's you.
Important banking regulation was introduced to improve online payment security and protect you from fraud and scams.
In a nutshell it means we’ll ask you to confirm your identity and approve transactions more often.
It’s simple. If we need to check it’s really you, we’ll ask you to open your app. You can approve or decline the transaction with your face ID, fingerprint or passcode.
Online shopping can mean more opportunity for fraudsters. Follow our useful tips to keep you safe.
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