Face biometrics deployed for cardless ATM transactions at Japan’s Seven-Elevens

By as early as March 2024, Japan's Seven Bank will allow customers to make deposits and withdrawals using facial recognition at roughly 20,000 ATMs in Seven-Elevens nationally, said the bank's president Masaaki Matsuhashi, according to Nikkei.

The service will be the first of its kind in Japan, according to Nikkei. Located inside Seven-Elevens throughout Japan, the bank is a unit of the convenience store's parent company Seven & i Holdings.

To activate facial authentication, customers must link their account …

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