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Palm Readers: Banks Rolling Out Biometric ATMs

April 12, 2012 / atm, biometrics, cards, good ideas, japan, man you could go to the atm naked if you wanted to (and i kind of do!), money, sure why not, the future is now, there must be some kind of error -- it keeps saying insufficient funds, there's no excuse now cheapskate!, what happens if i accidentally burn my hand on the stove will it still work?

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Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank in Japan is introducing ATMs to the market that authenticate a user with a hand-scan, birth date and PIN instead of a card. That way you can't use the excuse, "I forgot my bank card" when you don't have cash for dinner. Me? I always sneak out through the kitchen and pocket some dinner rolls on the way.

On top of being convenient, the machines are also a necessary response to the large number of ATM cards and personal IDs lost in last year's devastating earthquake.

No word how much Japanese police expect severed limb related crimes to increase, but my guess is significantly considering the country's abundance of ninja swords.

Palm-Scanning ATMs of the Day [geeks.thedailywh.at]

Thanks to Mark, who doesn't have a bank account, just a shit-ton of buried jars and a really crappy map.

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  • Official Canadian currency took the form of the Canadian dollar in 1871,
    overriding the currency of individual banks. The establishment of the Bank of Canada in 1935 was also an important milestone in banking and monetary governance. See full article, Early Canadian banking system

  • Sarah Hallgren

    OLD news. I can't remember ATMs NOT having scanners!

  • Com Chocolate

    Are you kidding? We have that in Brazil for years...

  • But I only want to take some of MY money out, not have my future told!

    And what if you get a cut on your hand and the damn thing doesn't recognise you? Plus the whole getting your hand chopped off thing. This is only going to lead to terrible shenanigans.

  • artilleryboy

    I dislike these biometric things they are using today. I believe it makes it easier to track a person and maybe frame them. Biometrics is the reason why i'm never going to America or any other country that uses them(to track and categorise you) because from what i know they take your fingerprints when you enter the country.

  • JimmyThr

     What so I can later be framed for a murder I didn't commit, yeah right, No thank you

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