Patent ID: 8793187
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A self-service method for money remittance comprising: receiving a customer identifier input by a customer through a customer input device of an automated kiosk located in a first country, the customer identifier identifying the customer and being associated with stored information in a database necessary to complete a money remittance to a recipient; identifying the customer by the automated kiosk based on the received customer identifier and the stored information in the database; receiving a verification response that indicates to the identified customer at the automated kiosk that the identified customer passes compliance tests, the verification based on a comparison of customer data with government data and compliance regulations, the customer data sent to an external database able to initiate a comparison of the customer data with the government data and the compliance regulations; receiving cash input by the customer into a money validation device of the automated kiosk, the cash comprising a monetary amount; validating the authenticity of the received cash by the validation device; providing a list of one or more established recipients by the automated kiosk, wherein the customer and an established recipient in the list of one or more established recipients form a unique sender-recipient pair; and confirming a selection of the recipient,