Patent ID: 8561885

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a cash handling device located at a retail business, a non-currency item designated as payment to the retail business; determining, by the cash handling device, a value of the non-currency item and identification information associated with the non-currency item; requesting, by the cash handling device without physically transmitting the non-currency item to the sponsor, a first electronic confirmation from a sponsor of the non-currency item that the sponsor will make payment on the non-currency item; in response to the request, receiving the first electronic confirmation from the sponsor; transmitting, by the cash handling device, the identification information and the first electronic confirmation to a system of a financial institution requesting recognition of the value of the non-currency item, wherein the system is located remotely from the retail business and wherein the financial institution is different from the retail business; and in response to transmitting the identification information and the first electronic confirmation to the financial institution, receiving, by the cash handling device, a second electronic confirmation from the financial institution that the value of the non-currency item has been deposited to a financial account held by the business at the financial institution.