A method for enrolling and authenticating a user in a facial authentication system via a user's a mobile computing device comprising a camera (114; 134) and at least one movement detecting sensor, the method comprising: capturing enrollment biometric information from at least one first image of the user, the first image recorded by the camera of the mobile computing device, wherein the at least one first image includes an image of the user's face and the enrollment biometric information comprises facial recognition information; storing the enrollment biometric information on a memory; capturing authentication biometric information from a second image of the user and a third image of the user wherein the second and third image include an image of the user's face and the authentication biometric information comprises facial recognition information, wherein the second image and third image are recorded by the camera of the mobile device such that the second image is captured when the mobile computing device is at a first distance from the user and the third image is captured when the mobile computing device is at a second distance from the user, and the second distance is different from the first distance; recording, during imaging of the second and third image, path parameter data from the at least one movement detecting sensor, the path parameter data representing an authentication movement of the mobile computing device; comparing the authentication biometric information captured from the second and third image to each other and to the stored enrollment biometric information to determine whether the authentication biometric information meets a predetermined similarity threshold as compared to the enrollment biometric information and compared to each other; comparing the authentication movement of the mobile computing device to an expected movement of the mobile computing device, the expected movement between capturing the second and third image being based on prompts provided on a screen of the user's mobile computing device, to determine whether the authentication movement meets a predetermined similarity threshold as compared to the expected movement; and authenticating the user when the authentication biometric information sufficiently corresponds with the enrollment biometric information, and the authentication movement meets a predetermined similarity threshold as compared to with the expected movement, and the authentication biometric information from the second image of the user and the third image of the user does not match compared with a predetermined threshold. capturing enrollment biometric information from at least one first image of the user, the first image recorded by the camera of the mobile computing device, wherein the at least one first image includes an image of the user's face and the enrollment biometric information comprises facial recognition information; storing the enrollment biometric information on a memory; capturing authentication biometric information from a second image of the user and a third image of the user wherein the second and third image include an image of the user's face and the authentication biometric information comprises facial recognition information, wherein the second image and third image are recorded by the camera of the mobile device such that the second image is captured when the mobile computing device is at a first distance from the user and the third image is captured when the mobile computing device is at a second distance from the user, and the second distance is different from the first distance; recording, during imaging of the second and third image, path parameter data from the at least one movement detecting sensor, the path parameter data representing an authentication movement of the mobile computing device; comparing the authentication biometric information captured from the second and third image to each other and to the stored enrollment biometric information to determine whether the authentication biometric information meets a predetermined similarity threshold as compared to the enrollment biometric information and compared to each other; comparing the authentication movement of the mobile computing device to an expected movement of the mobile computing device, the expected movement between capturing the second and third image being based on prompts provided on a screen of the user's mobile computing device, to determine whether the authentication movement meets a predetermined similarity threshold as compared to the expected movement; and authenticating the user when the authentication biometric information sufficiently corresponds with the enrollment biometric information, and the authentication movement meets a predetermined similarity threshold as compared to with the expected movement, and the authentication biometric information from the second image of the user and the third image of the user does not match compared with a predetermined threshold.