Japan's Seven Bank will equip its ATMs with facial recognition technology, local media reported Monday.A new ATM operated by Seven Bank, a unit of retailer Seven & I Holdings Co., would use biometrics to confirm the identity of someone wanting to set up a bank account in a few seconds by scanning a photo ID and taking a picture through a high-precision camera, sources told Japan Times.Currently customers need to send a copy of an identification document, such as a driver's license, to open a bank account.Seven Bank is also considering offering services to open accounts via the new ATMs for other online banks and regional banks, they said.Seven Bank has over 24,000 ATMs at convenience stores, public facilities and elsewhere nationwide. Several thousand of the new ATMs are expected to be installed by summer 2020 in large cities, they said.
Japanese bank to use face recognition ATMs
