Patent ID: 7971783

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine that operates responsive to data read from data bearing records to cause financial transactions, including: a plurality of transaction function devices, the transaction function devices including: a cash dispenser; a card reader operative to read data on user cards corresponding to financial accounts; at least one computer including a data store, wherein the at least one computer is in operative connection with each of the transaction function devices; a housing, wherein the at least one computer and each of the transaction function devices are in operatively supported connection with the housing; wherein the at least one computer includes a trusted platform module (TPM) in operatively supported connection with the at least one computer inside the housing, wherein the at least one data store includes stored therein at least one digital certificate, wherein the at least one digital certificate comprises a public key, wherein the at least one computer is operatively configured to cause the TPM to be used to securely store a private key associated with the public key, wherein the at least one computer is operatively configured to establish a secure communication session between the at least one computer and a remote server through use of the TPM, the digital certificate, and the private key.