Could ATMs reduce identity theft?

Sponsored by Level Four
Tags: Regulatory Issues, Security
Type: Research
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As has been widely reported, banks are nearing completion of a large scale investment in technology to roll out EMV (Europay MasterCard Visa) chip cards to their customers, which will enable secure payments at point of sale and cash withdrawals through their ATM networks. EMV cards, known in the UK as Chip and PIN cards, will address counterfeit fraud but could also provide an innovative solution to the challenges of identity validation outlined above. By its very nature, an EMV card is encrypted and could also therefore ensure secure personal identity through a bank’s encrypted networks. In other words, banks could potentially easily validate the identity of their customers by using existing ATM networks and leveraging their technology investment in chip cards.

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