ATMs get 'acquaintance'

Beijing's Beijing police will install automated teller machines (ATMs) with human identification systems in an effort to " screen " suspected terrorists and prevent cash-outs. cheat.

More than 1,000 ATMs will be linked to the police emergency response network by the end of October. Experts are considering the possibility of integrating face recognition technology into the aforementioned network.

A Beijing police officer said the technology copies the faces of people in front of the screen to withdraw money and automatically searches the database of wanted criminals or suspects. If the machine detects a match between the copied image and the image in the database, it sends an alarm to the police processing center.

According to the official, more than 3,000 ATMs will be connected to the security network next year. By the end of June, Beijing issued 58.9 million ATM cards. Card payments at shopping points reached $ 12 billion in the first half of this year, up 60% over the same period last year.