Patent ID: 8201731

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) operating at least one computer of a banking system to cause a check reader to read data of a financial check, wherein the check reader is part of an automated banking machine of the banking system, wherein the automated banking machine is user operable responsive at least in part to user data read from at least one data bearing record by at least one user data reader of the automated banking machine; (b) operating the at least one computer to cause check image data to be produced, wherein the check image data corresponds to at least one check image of at least one side of the check; and (c) operating the at least one computer to cause respective different partials of the check image data to be accessibly stored in respective different data stores which are geographically remotely located from each other, resulting in none of the different data stores holding all of the check image data, wherein storage allows the different partials to be accessed to recreate the at least one check image.