FINGER PRINT BASED ATM SYSTEM

ATM innovation paralleled the growth of the PC and telecommunications industries.

Each machine operated in a local mode without any connection to the banking
systems, and transaction authorization took place based on the information recorded
in the magnetic bands of the cards. The next step in the evolution of this industry
was to connect these devices to the bank’s centralized systems; by then, mid
-1980’s, banks would work in a dual modality, in other words, the ATM would work on
-line but in the event of communication loss it had the ability to authorize the
transaction with the information recorded on the magnetic band.
In the early 90’s, taking advantage of the technological boom in
microcomputers and communications, ATMs started to work exclusively on-line
implying that, if the ATM loss communication with its central system, there would not
be service. Once ATMs were connected directly, the need arose to protect the
information in the card and the client’s PIN (Personal Identification Number) found in
messages that had to travel across public telecommunication lines.
Biometric Technology

The term biometrics comes from the word bio (life) and metric (measurement).
Biometric equipment has the capability to measure, codify, compare, store, transmit,
and/or recognize a specific characteristic of a person with a high level of precision
and trustworthiness. Biometric technology is based on the scientific fact that there
are certain characteristics of living forms that are unique and not repetitive for each
individual; these characteristics represent the only technically viable alternative to
positively identify a person without the use of other forms of identification more
susceptible to fraudulent behavior.

Biometric identification is utilized to verify a person’s identity by measuring digitally

certain human characteristics and comparing those measurements with those that
have been stored in a template for that same person. Templates can be stored at
the biometric device, the institution’s database, a user’s smart card, or a Trusted
Third Party (TTP) Service Provider’s database. Where database storage is more
economic than plastic cards, the method tends to lack public acceptance; however,
Polemi (1997) found that TTPs can provide the confidence that this method is missing
by managing the templates in a trustful way.
 Here we are trying to develop an ATM system based on finger print.
Here the system will do all the work of an ATM and will identify a person and the
person can do all transactions based on the finger print only.