UNJSPF biometric system delivers faster pension payments with less fraud

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) serves a user base that is dispersed all around the world, some of it in remote areas. Most users are elderly. And like any benefits-disbursal system, it is an attractive target for fraud attempts. But UNJSPF Public Information Officer Mirko Montuori tells Biometric Update in an interview that despite these challenges, benefits are now delivered faster, with less fraud, due to an app with face biometric authentication. Members are steadily adopting the app, and the UNJSPF is steadily strengthening the app’s…