Isbank has installed Hitachi’s Finger Vein authentication system in around 2,400 ATMs and 1,000 branches across the country.
The new authentication service is available for card and non-card transactions for Isbank customers. The bank is also piloting the system with several retailers, and is planning to extend the service to create the largest biometric point-of-sale network in the world.
“Our customers seem to be genuinely interested in the idea of using biometrics in banking and payments transactions and Isbank will continue to innovate with new services based on biometrics,” said Hakan Aran, CIO at Isbank. “The bank recently launched an innovative ‘pay-by-finger’ concept using finger vein technology at the Cebit Turkey technology fair and we received very positive feedback from our customers.”
Hitachi worked closely with integration company MIG International on the design and integration of the scanners into a variety of the bank’s ATMs from both Wincor Nixdorf and NCR.
Michael Gorgi, CEO of MIG, said: “Finger vein modules are very compact in size and we were able to integrate with all of the different types of ATMs in use by the bank.”
