Tennessee Pawnbrokers Object to Ordinance Requiring Thumbprints.
... Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police. Thumbprints have emerged as the hot topic in the ... charge. To see more of The Knoxville News-Sentinel or to subscribe to the newspaper ... knoxnews.com (c) 2001, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Distributed by Knight ...

Shop fraud halved by thumbprint signatures.
... scheme which requires shoppers to leave a thumbprint when paying by credit card or cheque ... an estimated ? million per year. The Thumbprint Signature Program, which began in America ... backing of the police and Home Office. The thumbprint system requires shoppers paying by cheque ...

CASHING A CHECK? YOU MIGHT GET THE THUMB FIRST UNION HAS STARTED REQUIRING NONCUSTOMERS TO PUT THUMBPRINTS ON CHECKS; THIS SUMMER, SIGNET PLANS TO FOLLOW, AND CRESTAR SAYS IN A FEW WEEKS IT MIGHT, TOO.(FRONT)
... with the bank, be prepared to offer a thumbprint. Hoping to curb its losses from check ... Corp.'s Virginia banks began requiring thumbprints from noncustomers earlier this month ... soon insist that noncustomers provide a thumbprint, along with a picture ID, when cashing ...

A thumbprint, please.(News)
A HI-TECH thumbprint system is to be tried for the first ... cheques will be asked to provide their thumbprint before signing for their goods. If ... to go ahead with the transaction. Thumbprints taken will not be kept on a database ...

BANKS TO USE THUMBPRINTS TO PREVENT CHECK FRAUD.(Business)
... leaving a little bit of yourself when you do. Your thumbprint. Washington banks and savings institutions say they will begin asking for thumbprints on checks cashed by nonmembers. The Thumbprint Signature Program is designed to deter check fraud ...

LENDING HAND IN FIGHTING FRAUD : COMPUSA TURNS TO THUMBPRINTS.(BUSINESS)
... computer equipment at the CompUSA store in Burbank on Tuesday night he got a surprise. The cashier wanted Papworth's thumbprint in addition to his credit card imprint. Papworth left without making the purchase. ``I just wanted to buy a new mouse ...

thumbprint is a compound word

MEXICAN RESEARCHERS DISCOVER AGAVE GENETIC THUMBPRINT
... Mexican Researchers Discover Agave Genetic Thumbprint MEXICO CITY, Feb 21, 2001 (Reforma/Infolatina ... Guadalajara have discovered the genetic thumbprint of agave, tequila's key ingredient ... Ciatej) said identifying agave's genetic thumbprint is the first step toward mapping the ...

Shoppers face demand for thumbprint
... Coventry could soon be asked to provide a thumbprint as proof against fraud. The system ... Customers would be asked to put their thumbprint, using a clear wax, on cheques or credit ... centres", she said. "Stores using the thumbprint at Bluewater in Kent have radically ...

Some retailers begin asking for thumbprint for identification.
... but bad for a consumer, he said in a phone interview from Washington, D.C. The Texas Bankers Association started the Thumbprint Signature Program in 1995, prompting 38 state banking associations to start similar programs. Since that time, more than ...

thumbprint is a hash calculated of the whole certificate

First Union's Checking-Account Customers Gain New Safeguard Against Fraud With Thumbprint Program In Virginia, Maryland, D.C.
... other types of check fraud through a new thumbprint program being implemented at First Union's ... other states where we've implemented the thumbprint program, we expect to significantly ... weeks, Blackburn said. Under the new thumbprint program, individuals who do not have ...

Alona's thumbprints match those of body, expert says.(Provincial News)
... fingerprint expert testified that the thumbprint lifted from a womans body in Dalaguete ... Laboratory stood firm on his claim that the thumbprints on the decomposing body and in the files ... individuality, permanence and infallibility of thumbprints guide fingerprint experts to determine ...

Fed: Stolen case came down to a thumbprint in the desert
... compensation. In Mr Gunner's case, the thumbprint was important, the judge said. "Most importantly there was his mother's thumbprint on a form of request that asked that Peter be taken to St Mary's and be given a western education," he said. Mrs Gunner ...

Shoppers face demand for thumbprint.(News)
... Coventry could soon be asked to provide a thumbprint as proof against fraud. The system ... Customers would be asked to put their thumbprint, using a clear wax, on cheques or credit ... centres , she said. Stores using the thumbprint at Bluewater in Kent have radically ...

Minnesota Bankers Association Sponsors Check Fraud Detection Initiative: Minnesota Thumbprint Signature Program
... protecting bank customers. The Minnesota Thumbprint Signature Program requires an additional ... known that they are participating in the Thumbprint program are often able to deter criminals ... everyone knows, there is no way to forge a thumbprint. Banks can order tent cards, window ...

Thumbprint scheme to tackle card crime; Shopping centre initiative.
... Birmingham are being asked to provide a thumbprint as part of the latest initiative to ... a similar impact in Birmingham. The thumbprint will be taken as part of each transaction ... The only time police will access the thumbprints is when a fraudulent transaction has ...

Minnesota banks put finger on solution to check fraud; Minnesota banks plan to fight the growing problem of check fraud by requiring people who are not regular customers to leave a thumbprint on any check they want cashed.(NEWS)
... signature. No residue is left on the customer's thumb, MBA officials said in a news release. For now, no database of check thumbprints is planned and checks will be kept, stored or destroyed as is the usual process, said MBA spokeswoman Erica Olson. The ...

WASHINGTON CREDIT UNION INITIATES FRAUD DETERRENT PROGRAM WITH THUMBPRINT SIGNATURE ON CHECKS
... Washington Credit Union initiated the Thumbprint Signature Program on June 1, 1996. The ... an inkless fingerprinting device. The thumbprint is placed on the check between the memo ... institutions do not maintain a data bank of Thumbprint Signatures. These signatures will be ...

A thumbprint, please
A HI-TECH thumbprint system is to be tried for the first ... cheques will be asked to provide their thumbprint before signing for their goods. If ... to go ahead with the transaction. Thumbprints taken will not be kept on a database ...

Interlink Electronics Announces ePad-ID; New Device Captures Electronic Signatures and Thumbprints to Enable Secure Document and Transaction Processing.
... the most versatile e-signature and thumbprint input device available. Using the Company's ... starting to require both signatures and thumbprints on their important documents and transactions ... require the capture of both signatures and thumbprints, continues Mr. Vesling, include the ...