Eye-scan technology enters Jordan financial sector

18 May 2009

Jordan has become the first country to use eye-print technology in the financial sector, Imad Malhas, CEO of IrisGuard, told Jordan Times. Called the 'IrisGuard iBank Suite', the new technology uses cameras to obtain eye-print from customers and then process transactions accordingly. The new technology has been incorporated into Cairo Amman Bank's ATM machines and tellers' windows and has reduced transaction times from 6-9 minutes to 45 seconds.

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