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ABA Offers Electronic Fingerprint Checks
Financial institutions now have an option that allows faster employee background checks because American Bankers Association is offering electronic fingerprint matching with the FBI.
Since 1982, ABA has served as that agency's channeling agent for checking fingerprints. Financial institutions are required by regulation to check certain employees' backgrounds for possible criminal activity, and sending fingerprints to the FBI is part of that process. ABA reconciles, screens, batches and sends fingerprint cards to the FBI to be screened through the law enforcement agency's national database. About 10 percent of the prints that are submitted to the FBI reveal criminal activity. Meanwhile, financial institutions awaiting results waste valuable training resources.
Paper fingerprint cards sent into the FBI can take two months to process. Electronic transmission of fingerprints takes four to six days.
To file electronically, financial institutions will need to use approved scanning equipment and software. For information or to receive ABA's specifications for electronic submission, call 1-800-BANKERS or visit http://www.aba.com/products/ps_finger_page1.htm.
Copyright © 2002 Bankers' Hotline. Originally appeared in Bankers' Hotline, Vol. 12, No. 9, 12/02
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