Patent ID: 8196812

Claim:
A self-service terminal (SST) for use in conducting multiple financial transactions between a user of the SST and a financial institution over a financial-transaction network, the SST comprising: one or more user-interface devices configured to receive information from and provide information to the user; the user interface devices including a user authentication device for authenticating the user once during a user session in which the user provides transaction information relating to multiple financial transactions, a card reader, a deposit acceptor, and a receipt printer; a processing module configured to: control the user-interface devices so as to receive selection of a first transaction by the user relating to a first account of the user and entry of details necessary to complete the first transaction including selection of the first account and a transaction amount, followed by a selection of a second transaction by the user relating to a second account of the user and entry of details necessary to complete the second transaction before fulfillment of the first transaction; and upon an input from the user indicating that no additional information relating to the first and second transactions is to be entered, authorizing and completing the first and second financial transactions.