Patent ID: 7299979
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing a financial transaction, comprising: an electronic user interface that queries a user performing the financial transaction whether the financial transaction was received in a non-face-to-face manner to facilitate processing of the financial transaction electronically; a conversion component that converts the financial transaction into an electronic format to allow at least a portion of the financial transaction to be processed electronically, the conversion component further tags the electronic format of the financial transaction as an accounts receivable transaction in the event that the financial transaction was received in a non-face-to-face manner; and a communication link that sends the tagged electronic format of the financial transaction to a check processing service that prints an image of the financial transaction from the tagged electronic format and processes the printed image of the financial transaction via the federal clearing house (FCH).