This document introduces hand vascular pattern recognition biometrics. It summarizes the VP-II system which uses infrared light to analyze vascular patterns in the back of the hand for identity verification. The system provides high usability of 99.98%, fast verification speed of 0.4 seconds per person, and low false acceptance and rejection rates of 0.0001% and 0.1%, respectively. It also stores biometric data using international standards for encryption and formatting.