TOUCH ID

TitleTOUCH ID
BrandRBS
Product/ServiceMOBILE BANKING
Category C01. Mobile Applications
Entrant Company SAPIENTNITRO London, UNITED KINGDOM
Advertising Agency SAPIENTNITRO London, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
Daniel Harvey Sapientnitro London Creative Director
Mat Venn Sapientnitro London Associate Creative Director
Niko Antonogiannis Sapientnitro London Senior Ux
Rory Arnold Sapientnitro London Senior Designer
Guyan Bagshaw Sapientnitro London Creative Artworker
Andy Male Sapientnitro London Senior Account Director
Pawan Udernani Sapientnitro London Client Services Director
Chris Popple Rbs Managing Director
Katie Cassidy Rbs Head Of Digital Service
Allan Jones Rbs Ios Lead Technologist
Tarika Dhingra Rbs Security And Authentication Journey Manager
Tom Stinton Rbs Mobile Banking Lead Manager

Creative Execution

Working closely with NatWest, RBS and Apple we created: • an onboarding experience to introduce the new functionality. • Customizable controls in the app giving customers the option to choose a login method • A model that paves way for use of other biometric authentication methods on the mobile app

The results speak for themselves: • In just five days 72% of all capable iOS logins were via TouchID • App store reviews went from 3 stars to 4 stars with the release of the update. • Over 8000 references to RBS & NatWest on Twitter in the first 24 hours after launch • Tweets from BBC News (3M+ followers), The Guardian (3M+ followers), Money Saving Expert (170k followers), The Drum (120k followers), BBC Technology reporter Rory Cellan-Jones (140k followers) • Traditional media coverage included the above as well as The Daily Mail, The Mail, The Herald, ITV-1, BBC Radio, The Daily Telegraph, The Metro, and The Financial Times amongst others.

Bank customers (regardless of brand or region) cite the inconvenient act of logging-in as a frustration. Poorly remembered passwords, byzantine rules, or fumbling with fobs all get in the way of people and their money. Conversely, security is always top of mind, and is the number one concern preventing unconverted customers from engaging with mobile banking. What’s more, for Natwest & RBS specifically we have an unprecedented level of engagement with over 3 million mobile customers whereby they login to the app on an average of 30 times a month largely to simply check their account balance. We identified a terrific opportunity to be the first UK-based bank to leverage Apple’s third-party API for TouchID. By bringing new levels of convenience and security to the latest release of the app we continue to deliver on their brand promise of helpful banking and their goal to be the most trusted bank.