A system and method of providing voice authentication to institutional
customers having consumers or users. The system includes an enrollment
module, a verification module, and a database. Each institutional
customer has an authentication profile on the system that includes both
i) instructions indicating which one or more of the voice biometric
engines are to be used for a given consumer's enrollment and/or
authentication, and ii) variables for implementing those instructions. A
given institutional customer may have more than one set of instructions
or variables for different classes of users. Vocal information is
received from a user, and a baseline voiceprint is constructed therefrom
for enrollment. Subsequently, more vocal information is received from the
user to construct a temporary voiceprint. The temporary voiceprint is
compared to a corresponding baseline voiceprint in accordance with the
institutional customer's authentication profile. The profile is
preferably remotely configurable by the institutional customer.