India’s Andhra Bank has launched its mobile biometric ATMs initiative, with two mobile biometric cash machines for Hyderabad and Secunderabad, which will stop at locations scheduled by the Reserve Bank of India, reported the Business Standard.

With the biometric functions on the ATMs, whereby customers are identified via their fingerprints, the scheme aims to reach out to communities with a large proportion of unbanked semi-literate and illiterate customers, according to the Business Standard. However, a PIN facility will also be available and customers will be guided by a voice in a local language to help them use the machine.

Source: banking-business-review