Presenting, ‘Cardless’ ATMs Scans Palms

Around a dozen automated teller machines that can read customers' palms to identify them are expected to be installed as announced by a Japanese bank.

Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank will be the country's first to introduce the system, the Discovery News reported.

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First, customers will register their biometric information at a branch. 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, according to Gizmag's Darren Quick.

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.

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Ziraat Bank in Turkey was the first to use the palm-scanning bank machines that don't need a card, according to a foreign new agency.

Ogaki Kyoritsu is planning to install the new ATMs at 10 branches, two mobile banks, and a drive-through location in Japan this September.

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