Ziraat Bank, Turkey’s state-owned lender and
the largest by assets, is to introduce biometric ATMs that will
identify customers by their individual vascular pattern on their
palms.
The announcement follows RBI’s recent
interview with Soner Canko, assistant general manager of Ziraat
Bank, who had told RBI about the bank’s expansion plans
for its branch as well as ATM network.
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Ziraat Bank has opened 50 so-called Goruntulu
Islem Merkez (GIM) units – staffless micro-branches – and is
planning to roll out 1,000 by 2015.
Canko told RBI that Ziraat Bank was
upgrading and growing its ATM network with recycling-enabled units
from Chinese ATM manufacturer GRG.
The bank confirmed on 4 May that these ATMs
will also be enabled with biometric capabilities.
GRG is to deploy biometric palm vein readers
to identify customers by their individual vascular pattern on their
palms, on Ankara-based Ziraat’s cash recycling ATMs.
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By GlobalDataTurkey’s largest privately-run bank by assets,
Isbank, introduced biometric ATM services in July 2010.
The interview with Canko will be published in the upcoming issue
of RBI.
RBI kicked off its series
on Turkish banks with and interview with Akbank’s deputy CEO and
chief retail banking officer, Hakan Binbasgil, and Tunc Akyurt,
executive vice president strategy.
