Let Your Finger Cash That Check

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Zions Bank Launches Biometric System

(KCPW News) Zions Bank is giving new meaning to the old jingle "let your fingers do the walking."

"Once you're enrolled in the system, your finger is your only identification. . . that's the only ID you need," says Zions Bank Senior Vice President Rob Brough, explaining the bank's new biometric check-cashing system. By giving two forms of identification and a fingerprint, people can become part of the bank's database and cash future checks by simply placing their finger on a print scanner at the teller's window. Zions Bank is the first major financial institution to offer the high-tech form of identification. Brough says the security of biometrics is proven.

"Security is one reason to implement it. The other is convenience and speed," says Brough. "There are many in our community who don't have a relationship with a banking institution of any kind and when they receive a payroll check, they need somewhere to cash it."

Zions Bank customers can enroll in the biometric program and cash checks for free. Non-customers will pay a fee of just 1.5 percent per check compared to the industry standard of four or five percent. The new system is available at 12 branch locations in Utah and Idaho.

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