Japan To Debut ‘First Of Its Kind’ Contactless Facial Recognition At 20K ATM Services At 7-Elevens

Seven Bank in Japan revealed that they plan to install roughly 20,000 ATMs that allow customers to deposit and withdrawal money with facial recognition, instead of having to provide a tangible ID or card.

Seven Bank is apart of 7-Eleven Japan’s parent holding company Seven & i Holdings, which they say on their website they aim to “create a better version of daily life by going beyond.” Their ATMs are located at Seven-Eleven convenience stores all throughout Japan.

President Masaaki Matsuhashi said that this service will be the ‘first of its kind’ for Japan, he told Nikkei Asia. At first the bank will limit the use of facial recognition to its roughly 2.75 million account holders, but acknowledged the service could expand to depositors at other institutions, including things like verifying ticket purchases and more. These facial recognition ATMs could be ready to use by March, 2024.

We want our ATMs to be used not just for deposits and withdrawals, but as a terminal for a wide variety of services.

Matsuhashi said

In order to activate the technology, users will need to link their account credentials to a scan of their face at a Seven Bank ATM. They will then receive an unique ID for further setup and security. Customers will no longer need to present their cash card to use the terminals. Seven Bank will allow the procurement of these new biometric IDs or open new accounts in September.

Nikkei noted: ‘Around 13,000 — or half — of Seven Bank’s ATMs already carry facial recognition technology. Another 6,000 machines are slated to be replaced this fiscal year with the updated model, developed jointly with Japanese technology company NEC in 2019, in preparation for the new service.’

Find Biometrics reported on this move in 2019. “Seven Bank’s aim is to use the biometric technology for customer verification, and even to enable new customers to open bank accounts using the ATM,” Seven Bank said at the time.

SEE: Megabank JP Morgan To Launch Facial Recognition And Palm Reader Payment System

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Revelation 13:16-18

Clearly this move by Seven Bank is another forerunner for the eventual mark of the beast, and, like the president explained, they have plans to license this to many other businesses as well.

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