As a regulated e-money issuer, Barion must implement strong customer authentication (SCA). Therefore, we’ve increased the security of Barion Wallets: instead of using a password that can be guessed, forgotten, or stolen, you authenticate yourself by unlocking your mobile phone, typically using your fingerprint.

Watch a short video (in Hungarian) about the concept and how it works in practice.

To further protect your Barion Wallet, you’ll also be prompted to authenticate using the Barion mobile app whenever you attempt the following:

• sending someone money
• starting a bank transfer
• modifying (adding to or deleting from) your list of authentication methods
• closing your Barion Wallet