Exact(37)
A Barclays spokesman said: "Unlike fingerprints, vein patterns are extremely difficult to spoof or replicate.
Also, the four wings are almost identical in size and shape and in the vein patterns.
According to Hitachi, whose European headquarters are in Maidehead, Berkshire, vein patterns are established in the womb and are remarkably stable throughout the rest of a person's life.
Fingerprints, facial dimensions and vein patterns are unique, consumer advocates say, and should be treated as carefully as genetic samples.
"We are able to identify different vein patterns and skin creases; there is a tremendous amount of research into the variation of anatomical features on this part of the body," she explains.
But the idea of submitting to an infrared scan at a medical center that would take a copy of the unique vein patterns in my palm seemed fraught.
Similar(23)
Barclays will not hold the user's vein pattern and there will be no public record of it".
The unique vein pattern in the finger will then be held on a sim card that is added to the reader.
"Near-infra-red light is transmitted through the finger and partially absorbed by haemoglobin in the veins to capture a unique finger vein pattern profile, which is then matched with a pre-registered profile to verify individual identity," it says.
The new biometric machines do not look at a person's fingerprint, but instead make an infra-red scan of the unique vein pattern that lies just below the skin surface of everyone's fingers.
A person's finger effectively becomes the "chip" on a conventional bank card, as the infra-red device reads the unique vein pattern just below the skin surface of a finger or the back of a hand.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com