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Visa E-identity authentication makes registration easier for students
University of Jyvaskyla
- By authenticating their identity by means of the Visa authentication
solution, students were able to obtain a University e-mail address and
a temporary password before arriving on campus. Easy and fast solution
The authentication process is carried out via the student’s Visa
card. The system is able to identify which bank has provided the Visa
card and automatically moves the student to their bank, where their
identity is verified. When the student enters his/her web banking
codes, the system can authenticate the student’s identity. This whole
process takes only a minute and allows the student to begin using the
university services approximately two weeks before he/she arrives on
campus. Added value through internationality and flexibility
The importance of secure transactions and identification becomes more
important with the increase of new service possibilities on the
Internet; both commercial as well as governmental services. Heikki
Kapanen, managing director of Luottokunta, draws attention to the fact
that in a global world an important advantage of this authentication
solution is that it can be used internationally and is interoperable
with existing security technology such as chip cards, PKI or security
codes. Mr Kapanen says that the authentication solution is especially
interesting for Finnish banks operating in the international market.
The positive result from the pilot shows that the e-authentication
solution can be used in other public sector institutions where secure
identification is necessary.
The pilot carried out at the University of Jyväskylä Finland. It was
conducted jointly by Visa Europe and the University of Jyvaskyla, and
included participants, Luottokunta, OP Bank Group, Nordea, Sampo Bank,
Visa International and technology provider Modirum Oy.
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