1.   Banks are experimenting with iris scanners as a way to replace ATM cards and numerical pass codes.

2.   Sophisticated iris scanners could spot customers in a crowd and tip off bank personnel to their identity without having to ask for identification.

3.   The bank will start by inviting employees and consumers in to try out ATMs equipped with iris scanners at its Los Angeles laboratory, said spokeswoman Susan Weeks.

4.   Using iris scanners and other high-tech gear to thwart crime is likely to set off some concern about Big Brother banking tactics.

5.   Welcome to Amsterdam airport and its state of the art iris scanner, one of the latest technological gizmos of the security-conscious age.