Taiwan’s Chunghwa Post strengthens ATM security

For the new system the company has reportedly increased the budget by NT$29.05 million

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/03/29
By: Juvina Lai, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — According to a Chunghwa Post announcement, the company has

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invested heavily in increasing the security for the Automated Teller Machines (ATM) installed around the country. The new system will allow maximum 15 minutes for the ATM user to linger around the system, should the person hang around the machine any longer, the system will ask the person to leave.

For the new system the company has reportedly increased the budget by NT$29.05 million (US$996,125) as compared to the previous fiscal year.

When questioned by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators Lee Kun-tse (李昆澤) and Cheng Pao-ching (鄭寶清) about the reason behind the increase in budget, Ku Jaw-shian (古兆賢), director of the company’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health, explained that after the First Bank ATM heist in 2016, the company had come to the conclusion to increase their security, as reported by the Liberty Times.
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