Authentication: BPH Bank Opting for Hitachi Biometric Sensors

• BPH Bank (GE Capital group) is about to roll out Hitachi Europe’s biometric sensors. The authenticiton devices have been tested since June and should be applied to all BPH branches in Poland by the end of the year (roughly 1,800 readers for 250 locations).

• The Ethernet-connected sensors were designed by the Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions (Japanese JV providing ATM finger vein biometric solutions).

Source: Hitachi press release

• Poland has been pioneering in the biometric-based banking authentication market, as the bank turned to Hitachi in 2010 (for ATM security and social allowances), see May 2010 Insight.

• Hitachi sensors have also been selected by the Turkish commercial bank &;304;&;351; Bank in the beginning of 2012 (see February 2012 Insight): nearly 2,400 biometric ATMs and about 1,000 sensors have been installed. These contracts also highlight the manufacturer’s European and international ambitions.