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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The critically ill woman died at the entrance of the Agricultural Bank of China’s Tianxin branch in Zhuzhou City of the central Chinese province of Hunan before she could complete the withdrawal procedure, the nephew said in the video.

...She repeatedly failed to pass the facial recognition as she was too ill to blink or shake her head as required during the screening and died after nearly an hour-and-a-half of such failed attempts.

In China, banks like the Agricultural Bank of China have made it mandatory to use facial recognition technology to process withdrawals

jfc, that's horrifying.

[–] gradual 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In China, banks like the Agricultural Bank of China have made it mandatory to use facial recognition technology to process withdrawals

Efforts to save money like this always need to be balanced by excessive fines when the corner-cutting fails to work.

This woman, like so many others, died so some rich people could be even richer.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why did she need money to pay for medical care to begin with? Shouldn't China, of all countries, have socialized healthcare?

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

You still have to pay, it's just not much, like 100 yuan or so.