Friday, April 27, 2012

Well that makes more sense...

...Japanese "cardless" ATM's also use two pieces of additional information.

Scan Hand for ATM Cash, No Card Required (Discovery)
First, Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank (Japanese site) 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 and then typing in their birthdate and a four-digit PIN. [Emphasis added]
Here's a recent article on the subject: Japanese biometric ATM reads your palm, tells fortune.

This post goes into some more detail about the impracticality of single factor biometric cash machines: Polish bank claims Europe's first biometric cash point.