Bank of America requires finger print to cash a check.

[nimue77]

Charlie Breitrose
MetroWest Daily News
January 2, 2009


Ariel Sarousi felt surprised and dismayed when asked to provide a fingerprint to cash a check at a Framingham Bank of America branch on Monday.
The 25-year-old Framingham native, who lives in Virginia, brought a rent check to the Bank of America branch on Beacon Street. He does not have an account with the bank, but the check came from a Bank of America account.
“They asked for an ID, which I provided, and after that they brought out an ink pad,” Sarousi said. “I asked why, and they said they wanted to take a fingerprint. I said, ‘Get out! Please!’ and they said, ‘No, we’re serious.”‘
Sarousi said he had other forms of identification and that should be enough to cash a check.
“I said, ‘You can’t expect me to provide fingerprints to cash a check,”‘ Sarousi said. “I took my check and left.
Anne Pace, a Bank of America spokeswoman, said the company does not comment on individual customer situations. She also said she did not have information on the use of fingerprints.
The Massachusetts Bankers Association has a program to install thumbprint touch pads, intended to deter people passing counterfeit or fraudulent checks, according to the organization’s Web site.

 

[tiznow]

pretty sure this is common practice now they thumb print u if you cashing a check at a bank u don't have an account w

noticed the ink pad at the teller window of my bank

 

[ScottL]

Charles Barkley is gonna be pissed!

 

[SayHeyKid]

Yet...Illegal Immigrants don't need any have to do this, or anything else to get cash or check, or get a credit card.


http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/02/bank_of_america.html

 

[roadreeler57]

I had to do this before had ID but no Account....Thing I thought strange was it was a payroll check drawn on the Bank I was cashing it at but I gave them the thumbprint...

 

[pubguy]

Been doing it for years. Your prints are on the check already (usually). Their ink just helps them show up better.

 

[barman]

Been doing it for years. Your prints are on the check already (usually). Their ink just helps them show up better.

heh...excellent point

 

[punter]

I had to do this before had ID but no Account....Thing I thought strange was it was a payroll check drawn on the Bank I was cashing it at but I gave them the thumbprint...

They didnt want a urine sample?

Damn the luck.

 

[roadreeler57]

Nah no urine sample.

 

[Romanowski]

lmao you fin paranoid freaks

for practical purposes this has been done for 30 + years

catch me if you can

whats it like living in fear lol

 

[Presto]

"Anne Pace, a Bank of America spokeswoman, said the company does not comment on individual customer situations. She also said she did not have information on the use of fingerprints."

I wonder how Anne got her job?:hump:

 

[artiesliver]

Maybe it is because banking executives are recently perceived as criminals that they thought fingerprinting and mugshots were standard protocol.