I think it is a very risky affair. If the data lands on the wrong hands…. Israelis rejected a similar move by their government.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4069922,00.html

From: Stephen Munguti via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke]
Sent: 05 October 2015 20:14
To: Job Muriuki <muriukin@gmail.com>; Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Equity Bank and Biometrics

The finger biometric scanning has been in operation in uganda for all equity customers for over a couple of years

On Monday, October 5, 2015, Job Muriuki via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
> They have been recruiting users for quite some time now. I prefer it to signing documents.
> Regards,
> Job Muriuki,
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> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
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>> Ladies and gentlemen,
>> It could be that my news sources are archaic, but I didn't catch the article that Equity Bank now requires you to scan your finger when withdrawing over the counter, untill I went to my branch over the weekend.
>> For a bank with such numbers, this is a huge undertaking, no?
>> I would also assume it makes fraud one step harder.
>> Anyone with more interesting details of this?
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