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Jpmorgan Requires Biometric Scanning At New Hq

JPMorgan Chase isn’t taking any security chances at its shiny new $3 billion headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, so it’s requiring employees to offer up biometric data in order to access the building, the Financial Times reports.

We don’t need no stinking badges: Though the bank initially called it voluntary, biometric access is now “required” to get into the skyscraper at 270 Park Avenue, according to the FT, which cited internal communications.

That means that instead of scanning badges, employees will have to take a more hands-on approach, offering up their palms or fingerprints. Ocular scans are also possible, so building access could be denied in the blink of an eye. The stricter measures come on the heels of a deadly shooting in July at a nearby building that houses the NFL headquarters and other offices.

The house that Jamie Dimon built

More than 10,000 JPMorgan employees will be working in the HQ when it fully opens later this year. Once they make it past security, they’ll be treated to 60 floors of form, function, and finance. According to Fortune, the new facility will have:

A 19-restaurant food court and an Irish pub.
An art collection, plus lighting to match workers’ circadian rhythms.
Its own signature scent.

It’s just the beginning: JPMorgan plans to renovate other nearby buildings, creating an entire multi-block campus as it stresses in-office working for its staff.—BC

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Jpmorgan Requires Biometric Scanning At New Hq

The house that Jamie Dimon built

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