Intel GPU Put to Work in NH Nonghyup Bank’s Remote Authentication, Strengthening AI Financial Security

Intel Korea said on the 13th that it had disclosed a case of improving AI-based remote financial identity verification procedures in collaboration with Mesacue Company and NH Nonghyup Bank. The case was introduced at the 'Intel AI Summit Seoul 2026' held on the 12th.

The item introduced at the event was AI video call-based remote identity verification by Mesacue Company and NH Nonghyup Bank. Intel Korea unveiled the application case at the event.

The solution uses Intel Arc Pro B70 GPU for workstations. Using this GPU, it analyzes customers' faces and behavior in real time, and it is configured to run a GPU-based AI inference engine to detect tampering attempts using video and photos.

NH Nonghyup Bank and Mesacue Company have introduced a remote identity verification solution that uses AI video calls. NH Nonghyup Bank plans to apply it first to an additional authentication stage in its FDS.

The solution is structured to serve as a virtual AI counselor when a mobile app video call is connected. AI presents questions and analyzes faces and behavior in real time during the response process. The purpose of the analysis is to verify the person's identity and to detect tampering attempts using photos or pre-recorded videos.

Whereas conventional facial authentication centered on comparing a single face image, this solution combines face matching, Liveness, question-and-answer, and voice analysis. It goes beyond simple face-image comparison by comprehensively analyzing a range of information, and the company is pushing ahead with strengthening identity verification procedures through this approach. It is also pursuing operational differentiation.

Because AI takes the role of a virtual counselor, 24-hour operation is possible regardless of staff working hours. Accordingly, the system can run without direct human response and without time constraints, and additional authentication can also be carried out during nighttime and holiday non-face-to-face financial transactions.

The solution is provided in the form of a dedicated appliance for building an internal bank infrastructure. Customer video and biometric data are processed inside the bank environment. It is designed so that customer video and biometric data are not sent to an external cloud.

The solution is intended to respond to the financial sector's network separation and data security requirements. The focus was placed on implementing real-time AI video analysis. Accordingly, it is configured to satisfy the financial sector's security requirements by processing data inside the bank.

In this collaboration, Intel presented a strategy to target the on-premises AI market in the financial sector based on GPU AI computing performance and large-capacity memory. Intel Arc Pro B70 is a workstation GPU based on the Xe2 architecture. Intel Arc Pro B70 has 32 Xe cores, 32GB GDDR6 memory, and 608GB/s memory bandwidth, and its maximum AI computing performance is 367TOPS.

This design aims to run various AI models in a local environment based on large-capacity memory and AI computing performance. As a result, it can be used by financial and public institutions where transferring data to an external cloud is difficult. It can also be used in edge AI environments that require real-time inference.

Mesacue Company is an advanced-tier ISV partner in the 'Intel Edge AI Initiative.' Mesacue Company and Intel have been carrying out technological cooperation centered on facial recognition systems for financial institutions.

In the process, Mesacue Company used the Intel OpenVINO toolkit to improve the inference performance of its facial recognition AI model, and it also boosted the inference performance of its Liveness AI model. It also developed security software based on Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) to strengthen technologies for protecting sensitive information such as biometric data.

The two companies plan to expand the scope of edge AI applications based on the NH Nonghyup Bank case. The expansion targets include identity verification solutions for the financial and public sectors and visitor identity verification kiosks.

Intel Korea President Bae Tae-won said that when using AI in industrial settings, a computing platform suited to the workload and operating environment is important. He added that this case is meaningful as a real-world application example of local-environment AI based on the Intel Arc Pro B70 GPU.

The previous speaker said AI video analysis and inference can be performed locally to respond to the specific needs of industrial sites. He added that the company plans to discover new AI use cases through cooperation with domestic partners and provide solutions optimized for each industry’s requirements.

Lee Ji-hoon, CEO of Mesacue Company, said the company implemented a cost-effective real-time AI video analysis and inference platform by leveraging the AI computing performance and large-capacity memory of the Intel Arc Pro GPU. He also explained that the company plans to push ahead with real-world applications to improve non-face-to-face financial procedures with NH Nonghyup Bank and expand the digital identity verification market in the financial and public sectors.

An NH Nonghyup Bank official said AI video calls are a means of reconfirming whether a customer is the actual account holder in remote transactions. He added that the bank will first apply the solution to an additional authentication stage in FDS, verify its stability and security, and create a non-face-to-face financial environment that customers can use with confidence.

Source: TECHWORLD · Park Kyu-chan
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=409741

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