The Dhaka Times Desk We all know that a card is required to withdraw money from an ATM booth. However, this time without a card, the money is being withdrawn at the ATM booth!
According to media reports, such a special ATM booth has been set up in Jinan, Shandong Province, China. In this booth money can be withdrawn very quickly through customer's facial recognition scan without any ATM card! A Chinese bank called Agricultural Bank of China is offering this facility at their 3 special booths.
It has been reported that customers will get this benefit in depositing and withdrawing money, there is no problem of carrying ATM cards and remembering passwords, the bank's official Xu Yanru told the media.
Apart from this Agricultural Bank of China, China's 'China Merchant Bank' and 'Construction Bank of China' have also started providing this special facility in the application of technology. By doing this, there is no problem of card theft, hack and clone. Those bank officials said that this system is becoming popular because of that.
Agricultural Bank of China is helping its customers withdraw up to USD 457 per day using this technology.
However, due to this method, some difficulties have also been seen among the customers. Scanning the faces of older people is a little more difficult. Again, many people are not getting the courage to leave the long-standing habit of using the card. However, with time, these problems and mentality will change, said Ian Gan, an official of the Smart City Research Center. Ian, the bank official, hopes that the banking system through facial recognition will become as popular as mobile banking in a short time.
Currently, this facial recognition is being used for various purposes throughout China. Beijing's 'Temple of Heaven' is using this new technology to prevent the theft of their toilet tissue. This technology is also being used to catch various super malls, traffic services and evetizers in Jinan city. Moreover, it is known that this new technology is being used in various activities including the attendance of students of some universities.
Note that in 2015, China Merchant Bank first launched this technology service in Shenzhen, China. Then they set up 1000 booths in 106 cities in China.
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