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1. HB 33 - Financial institutions; check cashing; prohibit fingerprinting
- www.legis.state.ga.us
- HB 33 - Financial institutions; check cashing; prohibit fingerprinting.
- A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general matters applicable to banks and trust companies, so as to provide that no such institution shall require a fingerprint as a requirement for cashing a check or similar instrument; to provide that a financial institution shall cash certain checks on which the state is maker; and for other purposes. ...
- HB 33 LC 21 4168 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1- 1 To amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the 1- 2 Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general 1- 3 matters applicable to banks and trust companies, so as to 1- 4 provide that no such institution shall require a fingerprint 1- 5 as a requirement for cashing a check or similar instrument; 1- 6 to provide that a financial institution shall cash certain 1- 7 checks on which the state is maker; to provide an effective 1- 8 date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. ... 1-16 No financial institution subject to the provisions of this 1-17 article shall require a person to provide a fingerprint in 1-18 any form as a requirement for cashing a check or similar 1-19 instrument. ... 1-21 Any financial institution subject to the provisions of 1-22 this article shall upon the proffer of adequate 1-23 identification cash any check in an amount less than 1-24 $2,000. ...
2. Biometric Identifiers
- www.bus.indiana.edu
- Biometric Identifiers, such as finger print scanners, have positive implications for any retail chain offering check-cashing services. This relatively simple loss-prevention technology, which records the fingerprint of a consumer cashing payroll checks, has cut check fraud by up to 90% in some Jacksonville units of Winn-Dixie Stores (www. ...
- As customers present payroll checks with photo ID to cashiers, they are asked to touch a sticker that captures a copy of their fingerprint through a chemical reaction. The sticker is placed on either the face or back of the check, next to the customer's endorsement. If a counterfeit payroll check is returned to the retailer, Winn-Dixie contacts the local police and turns the document over as evidence. ...
- The fingerprint system was developed by Crime Bite(www. ...
3. SN Feb 2002 Fingering Crime
- www.crimebite.com
- Fingering Crime: Supermarkets are increasingly turning to biometrics to combat check fraud.
- ABSTRACT - Capturing a criminal's fingerprint has long been a key piece of the evidence used by law enforcement to prosecute their cases. With the advent of biometric technology, supermarkets are using fingerprint identification to reduce check-cashing fraud. Industry consultants say that criminals with the latest computer technology can produce checks that pass through check-verification systems. ... Harp's uses CrimeBite Authentiprint system to combat check fraud and identity theft. Anyone cashing a payroll or government check at Harp's leaves a fingerprint via the CrimeBite Authentiprint system. ... Williams uses the CrimeBite Authentiprint system at all the registers for payroll, government, or any questionable check.
4. Intelli-Check, Inc.
- www.intellicheck.com
- INTELLI-CHECK PARTNERS WITH ULTRA-SCAN TO INTEGRATE ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY INTO ID-CHECK® DOCUMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM .
- WOODBURY, NEW YORK, Tuesday, July 01, 2003 -- INTELLI-CHECK, INC. ... , the leading provider of ultrasonic fingerprint technology, announced today that they have entered into a Collaboration Agreement whereby Intelli-Check will integrate the reading capability for Ultra-Scan’s ultrasonic fingerprint technology into its ID-CHECK system. The proposed solution will combine the enhanced security provided by Ultra-Scan’s patented ultrasonic fingerprint verification technology with Intelli-Check’s patented ID-CHECK® technology in order to prevent economic loss from check-cashing, credit card and various other frauds utilizing fake identification and to provide an enhanced security system for access control at border entry points, airports, seaports, bus and rail terminals and other high profile infrastructure. ...
- “We are gratified that Ultra-Scan, the leading provider of ultrasonic fingerprint technology, has chosen to partner with us,” said Frank Mandelbaum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Intelli-Check, Inc. “We believe that partnering with the recognized leaders in biometrics to add another layer of unique verification criteria will help to mandate the use of ID-CHECK technology in numerous proposed security applications, such as the exit entry visa system and the registered traveler and transport workers identification credential (TWIC) programs. This joint effort will position both of our companies to be prepared should the states, the military or other government and private issuers of IDs elect to place an additional personal identifier such as a fingerprint on their IDs. ...
- The proposed combined solution will store the fingerprint template in a 2D bar-code where it will be read by the ID-CHECK® technology and matched at the time of use to that of the person presenting their ID with Ultra-Scan’s UltraTouch® reader to accurately validate that the holder of the ID is the person to whom it was issued. ...
- ID-CHECK® is a programmable Identification & Verification System (IVS) that reads information encoded in magnetic stripes and barcodes (1D & 2D) of state and provincial driver licenses and authorized identification cards and military IDs. With one simple swipe or scan, ID-CHECK® interprets the validity of this information to protect businesses from economic loss and fines caused by the use of fake, altered, tampered and expired ID cards. In instances where age verification is necessary, ID-CHECK® also verifies that the ID shown at the time of the transaction meets the minimum age requirement for purchases of regulated products such as alcohol, tobacco and other age restricted products.
- “We are very pleased to partner with such an industry leader in advanced document and age verification systems as Intelli-Check,” said Dr. ...
- About Intelli-Check, Inc.
- Intelli-Check, Inc. ... Intelli-Check's multi-purpose ID-CHECK® units are fully capable of increasing security and as a tool that can be used to deter terrorism at military installations, high profile buildings, airports and other sites and are also an effective tool against "identity theft," which often is supported by fake IDs and is the fastest growing crime in the U. ... ID-CHECK® units enable a user to prevent economic loss from check-cashing, credit card and various other frauds utilizing fake IDs and the ID-CHECK® and IDentiScan units have the ability to determine whether purchasers of age-restricted products such as alcohol and tobacco meet minimum age requirements for their sale. ID-CHECK®, with its patented technology, analyzes and displays information encoded in magnetic stripes and barcodes found on driver licenses, military identification and other forms of state and government- issued identification from more than 50 jurisdictions.
5. Identecheck - Checks Cashed with your fingertips!
- www.identecheck.com
- Biometrics, the practice of using a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, facial pattern, iris, or voice pattern to authenticate an individual, has the ability to save us from unsecured passwords, pin numbers that are not secure, or other security measures, which can be duplicated and often fail due to lack of proper implementation.
- Many check cashing establishments including convenience stores have begun to realize the benefits of biometrics in their every day life. ... The IDentecheck system ties a customers fingerprint to the check and stops that person from continuing to cash bad checks. Traditional check systems do not have this ability. Furthermore, the deterrent factor alone can stop bad check writers before they even enter a location protected by IDentecheck. After a fast one time enrollment that takes less than 30 seconds, a consumer need only present a check and his finger to cash checks. Not only does the service create a safe environment for check cashing, but also increases customer through-put and service. Check cashers are able to move customers through lines faster and provide better service for their customers. ...
- Kroger Co implemented a fingerprint system for check writing in four of its Texas stores in 1999. The integrated system gives Kroger one of the most secure check-verification systems on the market. In the 15 months since the program was introduced in Pearland, Texas, the instance of check fraud was reduced by 100% in the pilot stores, Dean Gray, New Ventures Manager, says. ... "In stores with high incidents of check fraud, the payback is less than a year. ...
6. NextInnovator - Events - The Fall 2002 Biometrics Summit
- technologyreports.net
- Hear, firsthand, how: * THE OHIO BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION & INVESTIGATION created a web-based fingerprint system to facilitate faster and more accurate results * MEDCO HEALTH SYSTEMS (a subsidiary of MERCK) implemented a biometric-based fulfillment system to streamline workflow, improve efficiency and strengthen data security * The STRATOSPHERE CASINO HOTEL & TOWER has successfully used facial recognition technology to dramatically reduce fraud * The BANKERS BANK (an Oklahoma bank with 280 branches) is using fingerprint biometrics to meet increasing security requirements from federal banking regulators, while reducing IT costs in the process * The DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER is using biometrics and smart cards to enhance security, on an ongoing basis, and ensure secure access to specified areas as well as access to computers and networks * LOPEZ SUPERMARKETS (a Texas-based , multi-store supermarket chain) is using a secure biometric identification system to verify identities, confirm check cashing histories, securely cash payroll checks and allow customers to pay for purchases Other highlights include: * A behind-the-scenes casino tour * A live facial recognition challenge To review the complete detailed agenda, or to register, please call (312) 362-9100 or e-mail info@aliconferences. ...
7. New Fingerprint Scanner Catches Check Bouncers in the Act
- www.youngmoney.com
- New Fingerprint Scanner Catches Check Bouncers in the Act.
- It's hard to imagine your local mom-and-pop food market being a leader in technological innovation, but that's exactly what's happening in grocery, convenience and check-cashing stores throughout the country. These merchants have been among the fastest to adopt a new check fraud prevention technology called Biometric identification.
- Biometric check cashing systems use a special scanner to electronically capture a customer's fingerprint, store a template of the image, and then record check transactions associated with that person. The system verifies a person's identity and confirms their check cashing history. If a customer has a negative check cashing history, the clerk can cancel the transaction, saving the store money that would have otherwise been lost on a fraudulent transaction. ...
- A BioPay merchant at one location is immediately alerted to a fraudulent check from any other BioPay merchant in the country. And, merchants have access to a national commercial electronic fingerprint database to help identify fraud artists and check bouncers.
- Check cashing services are a profitable business for merchants. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago estimates that over 180 million checks, totaling $55 billion, flow annually through the check cashing industry. However, check fraud is increasing 2. ... Businesses hope that Biometrics will help eliminate the risk of check fraud.
8. Integrated Solutions For Retailers - Put A Finger On Check Cashing Fraud
- www.ismretail.com
- Put A Finger On Check Cashing Fraud After installing biometric check cashing devices, a grocer was able to halt check cashing fraud. ...
- "It used to take about a week after a check was cashed at our store for a bad check notification to get back to us," says Lopez. ... " Additionally, Lopez Supermarkets are located near the Mexican border, and it is very difficult to catch someone who cashes a bad check and heads across the border. ...
- Offering a check cashing service to its customers was something Lopez Supermarkets had done since its inception. The income from the check cashing service fees was something the grocer didn't want to give up just because of a small percentage of dishonest people. ... To manually call a bank and do a background check on every customer who wanted to cash a check wasn't practical. ...
- One day, while searching for answers to his dilemma, Lopez noticed an ad for a biometric check cashing device. He decided to check into it and arranged to meet with the vendor. ...
- After educating patrons on the new system, the grocer was able to convert most of its check cashing patrons to the new system. ... "We capture the customer's name, address, fingerprint, and digital image. After that, customers are entered into our system and each time thereafter they can cash a payroll or income tax return check by placing a finger on the biometric reader. ...
- Within seconds of reading a user's fingerprint, the system will alert the store if the person has bounced checks at any BioPay affiliated store throughout the United States. Because the system uses fingerprint reading, it cannot be fooled by forgery. ...
9. findBIOMETRICS.com - Biomerics Consumer Applications
- www.findbiometrics.com
- Biometric Access Corporation (BAC) announced that retailer Hy-Vee is piloting their SecureTouch Retail Verification System for secure payroll check cashing services. Five Hy-Vee stores near Kansas City are implementing the solution for payroll check cashing, while two of them are also using it for personal check cashing transactions.
- The system uses a flag alert process to notify a store clerk if a check and/or a customer have been involved in a previous dishonored transaction. Flag alerts can also warn the clerk if the system detects signs of check tampering. Customers cashing their checks must complete a one-time enrollment process to capture their ID and check information, in addition to their finger images. The data creates a personalized account accessed by the customer during subsequent check cashing transactions. ...
- "Incorporating biometrics into our check cashing process has been a tremendous benefit to our stores as well as our customers," said Mark Glosser, store director at Hy-Vee's Leawood, KS store. "The SecureTouch system enables Hy-Vee to offer our customers the convenient service of payroll check cashing without facing the risk of high check losses. ...
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10. Intelli-Check, Inc.
- www.intellicheck.com
- INTELLI-CHECK PARTNERS WITH BIOSCRYPT TO INTEGRATE FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY INTO THEIR ID-CHECK® DOCUMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM .
- AND TORONTO, Wednesday, January 29, 2003 -- INTELLI-CHECK, INC. ... (TSX:BYT), a leading provider of advanced fingerprint technology, announced today that they have signed a Collaboration Agreement to integrate their respective technologies. The proposed solution will combine the enhanced security provided by Bioscrypt’s leading fingerprint verification algorithm with Intelli-Check’s patented ID-CHECK® technology to prevent economic loss from check-cashing, credit card and various other frauds utilizing fake identification and to provide an enhanced security system for access control at airports, seaports, bus and rail terminals and other high profile infrastructure. ...
- “We are very pleased to be partnering with Bioscrypt,” said Frank Mandelbaum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Intelli-Check, Inc. “We believe that the enhanced security and convenience offered by the world’s leading fingerprint algorithm will add another layer of unique verification criteria to help to mandate the use of ID-CHECK technology in numerous security applications, such as the proposed registered traveler and transport workers identification credential (TWIC) programs. This joint effort will position both of our companies to be prepared should the states, the military and other government issuers of IDs elect to place an additional personal identifier such as a fingerprint on their IDs. ...
- The proposed combined solution will store the fingerprint template in a 2D bar-code where it will be read by the ID-CHECK® technology to perform user authentication. The user authentication is performed seamlessly and automatically in seconds using Bioscrypt’s award winning fingerprint recognition algorithm. ...
- ID-CHECK® is a programmable Identification & Verification System (IVS) that reads information encoded in magnetic stripes and barcodes (1D & 2D) of state and provincial driver licenses and authorized identification cards and military IDs. With one simple swipe or scan, ID-CHECK® interprets the validity of this information to protect businesses from economic loss and fines caused by the use of fake, altered, tampered and expired ID cards. In instances where age verification is necessary, ID-CHECK® also verifies that the ID shown at the time of the transaction meets the minimum age requirement for purchases of regulated products such as alcohol, tobacco and other age restricted products.
- “We are very pleased to be involved with the Intelli-Check document verification process,” said Pierre Donaldson, President and CEO of Bioscrypt Inc. “In this age of heightened security awareness it is imperative that documents that grant rights or privileges to an individual are actually tied to the individual using a non-invasive personal identifier such as our globally recognized fingerprint authentication technology. ...
- the global leader in the rapidly growing commercial fingerprint scanning marketplace for 2001. In September 2002, Bioscrypt dominated the field of 31 international competitors in the Fingerprint Verification Competition 2002. ... Fingerprint images for FVC2002 were captured using devices provided by Identix, Precise Biometrics and Biometrika.
11. Fingerprint May Soon Be Needed to Buy Groceries
- www.commandcollege.com
- Fingerprint May Soon Be Needed to Buy Groceries.
- Keywords: Fingerprint scanning, Biometric Access Corp. , check cashing .
- Biometric Access Corporation has teamed up with Texas based Kroeger stores to test a point-of-sale fingerprint scanning device for retail transactions. Kroeger is using the scanning device to establish positive identification for persons cashing payroll checks. The Kroeger spokesman believes fingerprint scanning will become common place for all transactions involving credit cards, ATM's and checks. Kroeger's acknowledges some customers don't like the fingerprint scanning but others realize the need for such a device to ensure security. ... Butt Grocery Company in Texas has implemented the fingerprint scanning to track employee attendance and the times they clock in to and out of work. ...
12. Secure Check Cashing System
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- The Secure Check Cashing System is designed from inception to be the most advanced check cashing system on the market. This system was the first system to integrate successfully a fingerprint unit to verify the customer's identity.
- Unlike other check cashing systems, the Secure Check Cashing System is designed specifically for the check cashing industry. ...
- Running a successful Check Cashing Business in the twenty-first century requires that you have the knowledge and sophisticated tools to protect your business against fraud. ...
- Secure Check Cashing system is designed with many years of experience and long record of accomplishment of providing quality services to the check cashing industry. ...
- The Secure Check Cashing System and the biometric application will advance your check cashing business into the twenty first century. Customers fingerprint is scanned into a digital file stored on your system, which can be used to verify the customer at any time, to ensure that the person you are cashing a check for is actually one of your customers. ...
- The system digitally records the customer's fingerprint - The data captured by the system can be used later to verify the identity of the customer. ...
- Increase Customer Loyalty - NO MORE ID CARD! After you've registered a customer and they return, they will no longer have to present their ID every time they need to cash a check. ...
- After creating a customer’s record in your software, the system will ask you to add the customer’s fingerprint. You will collect four good fingerprint samples, a one-time process; the system will examined them and create a template. ...
13. Applied Computer Systems, Inc. – IdentiCheck Overview
- www.acs-linksystems.com
- Applied Computer Systems, Inc (ACS) has developed a system, IdentiCheck, that combines a sophisticated software application with state-of-the-art drivers license and check scanning technology along with biometric (fingerprint) scanning into a turnkey secure check cashing solution. ...
- Bank, retailers/supermarkets, and neighborhood financial service centers benefit from increased check cashing operations and reduced fraud.
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16. Ringdale USA - Quick-ID - 00-13-4000-0001
- www.ringdale.com
- Quick Find, will establish and identity instantly using fingerprint's biometrics.
- Quick-ID System for immediately verifying an individual’s identity using fingerprint biometric technology and human face verification There is an ever increasing need to establish a person's identity quickly, as well as displaying their visual and detailed data on a terminal or screen. Ringdale's Quick-ID comes with an enrollment camera and an enrollment fingerprint reader for the enrollment station and just a fingerprint reader for the Verification station. ... Applications where such technology will significantly enhance security and make the process more efficient are: Airport Gate and Counter Bank Tellers Check Cashing Outlets Guarded Reception Areas HR Offices Hospital Reception Fitness Center and Health Clubs Mobile Law Enforcement Security Posts In an airport, the flyer’s face and fingerprint can be registered on the check-in counter, where the data of the person’s passport is entered. ... In a check cashing outlet the shop owner's most effective protection against fraud is to only accept checks from persons known to the shop owner. ... The Qick-ID system from Ringdale allows the registration of face and fingerprint as well as keeping track of checks that have been cashed in the past, a maximum credit line and a black list of issuers of checks that the shop does no longer want to cash. Once the customer is enrolled, a 30 second process, any trustworthy person can now share the visual information of the customer's picture, and verify that the person is who they claim to be in less than 2 seconds, whilst getting all pertinent information on the screen to be ready to process the check. ...
17. Laser check stock for secure check printing
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- Checks contain multiple pantograph check designs on the check, signature area and amount line that include an intricate security design feature which produces a series of VOIDs if the checks are processed through a single or a full color copier. ...
- The signature area and amount line are printed with different pantograph backgrounds from the check. ...
- Micro Printing The line borders on the check and the endorsement are micro printed with SAFE CHECK, and can only be seen when magnified. ...
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- A security seal & fingerprint are printed in a heat sensitive ink in the endorsement clause on the back of the check. A warning clause is also included that notifies the cashing party that the face of the check is colored and that breathing or rubbing the fingerprint and/or seal will allow the heat sensitive ink to disappear. It also notifies the cashing party how the watermark appears.
- An EPA approved watermark certification seal & fingerprint that cannot be photocopied are on the back of every check with appropriate warning clauses printed on the front and back of the check. The watermark(s) also certifies that the paper meets all specifications for laser check printing.
- To further guarantee this security for our customers, the fingerprint security will be available only for custom checks and will include a control number. The fingerprint used may be the registered fingerprint or, at no additional charge, the fingerprint can be the person authorized to sign checks ar you company. ...
18. City of Austin - Financial Crimes Unit: Thumbprint Signature Program
- www.ci.austin.tx.us
- An effective deterrent device for check fraud related offenses. ...
- Involves financial institutions or any merchant obtaining the "thumbprint" of any "non-account holder" cashing or paying with a check at a designated location.
- The person cashing/paying with the check must place their right thumb on an ink-less touch pad and then place their thumb in the space between the memo and signature lines. This will leave a clear thumbprint of the person passing the check. ...
- Those attempting to pass fraudulent checks will be deterred, because they will not want to leave their fingerprint for identification purposes. ...
- The fingerprint will help identify criminals committing check fraud offenses. ...
- Texas banks were suffering huge losses related to check fraud offenses. ... Since its inception January 1996, banks have realized a 47% decrease in check fraud, saving more than 2. ...
- This simple, but effective program can help us take a big step forward in the fight against check fraud. ...
19. WorldNetDaily: Banks require fingerprint ID
- www.worldnetdaily.com
- Banks require fingerprint ID.
- For Pennsylvania resident Patrick Giagnocavo, the fact that the First Union Bank teller was asking him for identification before she would cash his check was a matter of long-accepted procedure. After all, he didn't have an account at the bank, even though the company who issued the check was an account holder. ...
- The teller wanted his fingerprint too. ...
- Biometrics -- the name given to technology used to identify persons via fingerprint, retinal (eye) scans or voice recognition -- is making remarkable progress to the point that average citizens fear they have already lost their most prized possession: their privacy. ...
- Though a bank official admitted to Giagnocavo that his required fingerprint identification could not be immediately verified when he questioned the practice, "the argument she made," he told WorldNetDaily, "was that it was only used if the check was fraudulent -- then the check with fingerprint would be turned over to the police. " That bit of information, he said, led him to believe that his fingerprint data would have to be kept "on file" somewhere. ...
- Indeed, check fraud appears to be the rallying cry banks are using to justify ever more intrusive inroads into their customers' privacy. ... banks lost "$815 million to check fraud in 1993. " And, the banking organization said, it supports fingerprint verification through a program the organization founded called the "Thumbprint Signature Program" as a direct method of reducing such losses. ...
- The organization's literature says the program even permits member banks to require thumbprint identification from persons cashing government checks, "provided the bank has not entered into an agreement with a regulator or other government entity under which it agrees to cash government checks for non-customers on the same terms as it cashes checks for its customers. ...
- The banking organization stopped short of recommending that every non-customer be subjected to fingerprint identification before being allowed to cash a check. ...
- "How do I know that they won't sell this data -- since they have my name, passport number, and fingerprint -- to someone else?" .
- And, the group said, pilot programs in Arizona and Nevada have been found so far to decrease check fraud by about 75 percent. ...
- While security experts agree that fingerprint identification is the ultimate in high-tech protection of data, files and even property, privacy advocates continue to decry its implementation over fears that the information cannot be fully protected from disclosure. ...
- "The fingerprint identification raises the difficult tension between security and privacy," said Marc Rotenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, in a March 1999 interview with the New York Times. ...
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21. New technology emerging to fight identity theft - newarkadvocate.com
- www.newarkadvocate.com
- The fingerprint is applied to the check to allow police to followup on forgeries.
- NEWARK -- Fingerprint scanning intended to stop identity theft and reduce incidents of fraud have civil libertarians and privacy advocates concerned such technology could be misused. ...
- Banks and businesses have found fingerprint scanning works as a deterrent, and while some Americans see it as another step toward a total surveillance society, use of such technology will become routine, said one industry specialist. ...
- A renewed emphasis on national security combined with an increase in fraud and identity thefts have made fingerprint scanning a viable option for private industry, as well as government, he said. ...
- While the use of fingerprint scans is still relatively new to the private sector and there is no test data to show how much money is saved or losses stopped, Sorrels said the technology works. ...
- Doug Marston, assistant branch manager of Park National Bank, Newark, said people are open and accepting when they are required to provide their thumbprint for cashing checks. ...
- Thumbprints are required from non-customers cashing government checks, in cases where the teller is unsure of the customer's identity, and in those instances where the identification provided is worn, broken or unfamiliar to the teller, he said. ...
- Thumbprint images are kept on file, and the check itself is put in the bank archives for an unspecified length of time, he said. ...
- Check fraud-related losses against commercial banks reached an estimated $2. ...
- The association estimates identity theft accounts for roughly 29 percent of check fraud-related losses, and in community banks with assets under $500 million, identity theft accounts for about 56 percent of such losses. ...
- "The amount of fraudulent checks at retailers is growing because of the ability of people to use a computer to make a realistic looking payroll check or government check," said Nick Rees, spokesman for Kroger. ...
- Rees said there are "no facts or figures" to document how much is saved through fingerprint identification. ...
22. Biometric Access Company - News: Security and Convenience at your fingertips
- www.biometricaccess.com
- Recently, we've witnessed technologies including iris readers and fingerprint scanners integrated with automated teller machines (ATMs) and the point of sale to help prevent the loss of hard-earned dollars.
- 's Southwest division, is a law on the books regarding check fraud. "If you don't look at a valid picture ID," he points out, "the court will not allow you to file a returned check. ...
- In two of the four pilot stores, Gray tested a fingerprint scanner from Sagem Morpho, based in Tacoma, Wash. The other two stores used fingerprint scanners from Biometric Access Corp. ...
- The integrated system gives Kroger one of the most secure check-verification systems on the market. In the 15 months since the program was introduced in Pearland, Texas, the instance of check fraud was reduced by 100% in the pilot stores, Gray says. ...
- "In stores with high incidents of check fraud, the payback is less than a year. ...
- Gray asserts that the biometric program is strictly voluntary for personal check writers. Kroger offers additional benefits for those customers who enroll, such as higher check-cashing limits. For payroll check-cashing, the company requires a finger image to be in its database.
- In addition, the system has allowed the store manager to focus on the store instead of cashing payroll checks.
- "In the future, he says, the biometric system may be used in conjunction with check conversion. ... "If we migrate to conversion, the customer may never have to pull out a check. ...
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- Review the profit and growth opportunities available with check cashing franchises. Request information and read check cashing franchise FAQs. ...
- check-cashing-franchise. ...
- check cashing.
- Check Cashing PayPort How does a customer cash a check? First, the customer presents his or her check and a valid ID to the store clerk. The store clerk runs the check through the check reader and. ... runs on a proprietary system to evaluate check cashing requests using predetermined risk evaluation criteria. ...
24. ACI Worldwide - Retail Ad - CASE #DIM-4501
- www.aciworldwide.com
- The stores used a check security system that required several forms of identification – including fingerprints – from check-cashing customers. ...
- Even fingerprint identification didn’t work in this case. ... It lets you set all kinds of parameters for check acceptance or denial with a plus/minus velocity. ... Because this is a positive database – as opposed to most companies’ negative databases that react only to people who have bounced checks – it can easily stop check runners. ...
- Our software is also able to access third-party databases on the parameters you set, whether it’s a certain check amount or a given number of checks cashed in a particular time period. This saves you money since you’re not paying a third party for every check that comes across your counters. ...
25. Biometric Security Card, Inc.
- www.biometricsecuritycard.com
- The BioProtect™ 2002-Ex product records and verifies fingerprint biometrics using existing credit, frequent-flyer, check cashing, ATM, healthcare, driver's license, employee or other identification card. Secured identification cards can be used to identify workers and passengers at transportation security checkpoints; to verify check cashing and other financial transactions; to reduce identity theft and payment fraud and to identify healthcare patients and employees. ...
- After approval, the BioProtect™ 2002-Ex product captures the fingerprint, optional PIN and finger code and records the data on the magnetic stripe of the identification card. ...
- If the card is valid, the fingerprint and optional PIN recorded on the magnetic stripe of the card is decoded and the user is prompted to place their correct finger on the sensor. ... The fingerprint data and optional PIN read from the identification card are compared to the data captured "live" at the time of the transaction. ...
- The BioProtect™ fingerprint enrollment and verification algorithms provide image selection, noise detection, skin stretching allowance, scar and scrape detection, finger positioning and finger pressure prompting capabilities. ...
- Security Includes a Change Detect Code to detect if data was altered or changed on the card or if fingerprint data was copied from one identification card to another. ...
- Media Supports enrollment and verification using the magnetic stripe on frequent-flier, driver license, credit, debit, check cashing, ATM, and other existing identification and smart cards. ...
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