Patent ID: 7219832

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) a financial account number associated with a financial account maintained by a customer at a financial institution; determining a foreign currency type associated with the financial account; at the ATM, presenting to the customer a choice to conduct a financial transaction in the foreign currency type; receiving a currency selection from the customer; and conducting at least a portion of the financial transaction at the ATM in the selected currency, wherein determining the foreign currency type associated with the financial account comprises: obtaining an identifier portion of the financial account number; and determining a country associated with the financial institution using the identifier portion, and wherein determining the country comprises comparing the identifier portion to a lookup table, the lookup table associating financial institution identification numbers to a country; and wherein determining the currency type further comprises comparing the identifier portion to an exception table associating financial institution identification numbers to a country different than the one indicated in the lookup table.