Finger Vein ATM

This month, customers of Bank BPH (a subsidiary of General Electric) will be able to deposit and withdraw funds at select ATMs using only their fingers. The technology being implemented utilizes the web of veins in a person’s finger as a unique identifier. The system will be the first of its type to be available in Poland.

When exposed to near-infrared light, the hemoglobin in the blood appears as a pattern of dark lines. This pattern is recorded by a camera and compared to a database of registered images. Because the veins are located beneath the skin surface and the method only works on living persons, finger vein identification is almost impossible to counterfeit.