Banking under Enduring Power of Attorney

[Ian Batten]

On 11 Apr 2009, at 00:12, Brian Morrison wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:39:59 +0100
> Nicholas Bohm <nbohm@ernest.net> wrote:
>
>> Ian Batten wrote:
>>>
>>> On 09 Apr 09, at 1109, Peter Tomlinson wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are now dual function sensors for print and vein, low  
>>>> enough in
>>>> cost to put into hand held terminals.
>>>
>>> I've just fitted a palm vein scanner to our machine room door.  They
>>> have the advantage that they are non-contact, so the pattern they  
>>> are
>>> measuring isn't therefore imprinted on the sensor for later  
>>> recovery,
>>> nor is the pattern they are measuring left on any other objects.   
>>> For
>>> the more paranoid, they also distinguish between live and dead, as  
>>> they
>>> only sense the veins when filled with oxygenated blood.
>>
>> Do you have any details of the claimed error rates?
>
> Not to mention how much such a thing costs?

I don't think the cost was remarkably different from any other system  
(proximity card and PIN pad, say).  After all, the sensor's just an IR  
light and camera, and after that it's `just software'.   Three locks,  
three sensors, control units, management software, installation were  
mid four figures, and most of that is the stuff that isn't the  
palmprint readers.  I could find the exact price if I were in the  
office and could shout across the desk ``oi, Neil, what did it cost in  
the end?''

ian