Source: Callataÿ & Wouters
Cortal Consors Belgium allows its customers, from the beginning of this year, to identify themselves by means of their electronic identity card. It is a first in the banking world, made available by developments carried out by Callataÿ & Wouters, its IT-partner.
Holders of a Belgian electronic identity card can, from today, identify themselves when opening a new account in one of Cortal Consors' agencies or via the Internet. All data related to the new clients are automatically transferred to the bank's IT-system so that complementary input is not necessary anymore.
Cortal Consors' IT-partner, Callataÿ & Wouters, has developed - in conjunction with the bank – a series of new functions for the Thaler back-office and the Kyudo Internet banking applications, allowing banks to use this electronic card.
Callataÿ & Wouters' R&D department continues to work on this project and already offers other applications linked to this new identity card, such as, for example, a secure authentication of the Internet transactions.
Cortal Consors Belgium hopes that the card will soon be widely used, allowing a high level of automation for several bank operations.