A Japanese company that develops finger-vein biometric solutions plans to expand to Southeast Asia using Hong Kong as a regional base.Speaking to the South China Morning Post, Osamu Nakahashi, president of T4U, said the company hopes to sell one million devices in Asia by the end of 2017.”Fingerprints and irises are on the outside of the body, but veins are inside the body ߪ so using finger veins makes copy or misuse impossible,” said Nakahashi.He added that T4U has been working with seven financial institutions and government departments in Japan since the middle of last year.While he admitted the current devices were expensive at 20,000 yen (HK$1,382) each, in many cases only one device would be needed for authenticating identities.
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