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April 24, 2018

Shanghai bank has VR, robots, face scans

  • China's first “unmanned bank” reflects growing competition from cashless payment systems that are giving the banks a run for their money.
    • By DAKE KANG
    Associated Press

    SHANGHAI — Missed paying dues on your Communist Party membership? There's a bank for that — and it's fully automated.

    A state-owned Chinese bank has opened an automated branch equipped with facial-scanning software, a virtual reality room, a hologram machine, talking robots and touchscreens for paying utility bills and Communist Party fees, among other functions.


     
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