It Begins: Hand Scans For Cash

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It Begins: Hand Scans For Cash

Bank customers will register their biometric information at a branch, according to Gizmag's Darren Quick. Then they'll be able to go to one of the new ATMs and get cash simply by scanning a hand, typing in their birthdate and a four-digit PIN. This being technophilic Japan we're talking about, I would have thought every bank there has body scanning ATMs by now. The thing is, the scanning technology is already out there but still requires every customer to use a card. Essentially the scanning has been an extra security measure. Following the massive earthquake and tsunami more than a year ago in Japan, scanning started to be seen in a new light. Instead of being extra security, it could mean standard security for customers who need cash in an emergency but don't have their bank cards on them. The AFP reports that Ziraat Bank in Turkey was the first to use the palm-scanning...

http://news.discovery.com/tech/scan-hand-atm-cash-120414.html

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Excuses...excuses. Still no theft that would have been resolved by a hand scan. Still no real terrorist events.