Eastern Bank: Eastern Bank deployed Nuance's FreeSpeech voice biometrics technology in its telephone customer service call center in 2015, making it the first bank in North America to replace security-question authentication with passive voice recognition. When a customer calls 1-800-EASTERN, the system listens to their natural conversation and silently confirms their identity against a stored voiceprint. | AI Trace
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Eastern Bank deployed Nuance's FreeSpeech voice biometrics technology in its telephone customer service call center in 2015, making it the first bank in North America to replace security-question authentication with passive voice recognition. When a customer calls 1-800-EASTERN, the system listens to their natural conversation and silently confirms their identity against a stored voiceprint.
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The system uses Nuance's 'text-independent' voice biometrics, meaning it can authenticate a caller from any natural speech—not a fixed passphrase—during roughly 10–15 seconds of conversation with a call center agent. The AI compares the caller's voice to a unique voiceprint recorded at enrollment, then signals a green light to the agent when identity is confirmed. The system also cross-references voices across accounts to flag potential fraud, such as the same voice appearing on many unrelated accounts.
