02/07/2012
Brazilian banks turn to biometric ATMs
Albuquerque, NM
“The bank needed a solution that would work every time and make it easy for its customers to use the ATMs,” emphasises Joao Abud, Jr., president, Diebold Brazil. “That’s exactly what the Lumidigm fingerprint reader provides. With a simple touch of a finger, customers can access their money through our ATMs — with no PIN required.”
“As a Brazilian company, it is especially exciting to help spread the use of fingerprint technology in our home market,” adds Iron Daher, President of Griaule. “More and more Brazilian companies are migrating to it and our algorithm is making it easy for them to do so.”
“With our multispectral imaging technology, which reads fingerprints both on and below the skin, biometrics is no longer relegated to the back office at banks. The reliability and intuitive interface our sensors provide allow biometrics to be used confidently with customers even in unattended applications like ATMs,” attests Bill Spence, Lumidigm’s Vice President of Transaction Systems. “Bank customers simply insert their card and touch the fingerprint reader to conveniently withdraw their funds from the ATM and be on their way. No PIN to remember, no training required. It’s that simple.”
Latin America is rapidly embracing fingerprint technology as the preferred mode to provide security and convenient access to their financial resources via ATMs. Earlier this week, Lumidigm announced that Itautec is presently installing the first 12,000 Lumidigm fingerprint readers into the ATM network of one of Brazil’s largest private banks. Not limited to Latin America, several South Africa banks are doing likewise, providing customers with an easy way to access their accounts while adding increased security in a most visible manner.