Patent ID: 9070124
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a self-service terminal to perform a first phase of a check cashing transaction comprising: obtaining an amount of a check from a customer by the self-service terminal; obtaining information from an image of the check by the self-service terminal; performing a plurality of tests by the self-service terminal, including tests using the information from the image to determine whether the check was properly completed and when the information includes a not-valid after date ensuring that the not-valid after date has not passed as one of the tests; and displaying instructions to the customer by the self-service terminal to go to an attendant terminal to complete a second phase of the check cashing transaction when the self-service terminal determines that the test results were positive and sending results of the plurality of tests to an attendant terminal associated with the attendant over a network, wherein the results represent preliminary examination as to whether the check was properly completed by the customer.