Why/how would my bank have my biometrics?

I logged into my Starling Bank account on a new phone, and I had to film my face reading a 6 digit number.

Wow, I would move my money elsewhere rather than comply with that.

Yeah I agree, the problem is that my money is already in there, so I have no choice but to comply.

They almost certainly have a photo of your passport or other identification.

For the purpose of KYC checks.

That doesn't mean every service provider (discord, roblox, pornhub) should have the same.

No, but the original thread was about providing your credit card number to these service providers. I’m saying that’s one hop from your bank, who has your biometric information.

Don't know about the US, but over here the last couple of years it has been a big wave of "enable biometrics sign-in! Totes safe, your face is the best ID, just click this checkbox, please, we would really like you to use it, pretty please" in the bank apps. No idea why they pushed it so hard, and it seems to have largely subsided now.