Patent ID: 8332321

Claim:
A method for authorizing a currency dispensation, the method comprising: receiving, at a remote processor and over a first data link, a first request to dispense currency from a terminal, the first request including a first transaction amount, a terminal identification, and first card data; determining, at the remote processor, whether the first request requires authorization via an electronic fund transfer network based on the first card data; based on the first request not requiring authorization via an electronic fund transfer network, comparing the first card data, terminal identification, and first transaction amount to one or more records within a database stored on a storage device, the database containing one or more records linking card data to authorized terminal identifications and maximum transaction amounts; determining whether the first card data is linked to the received terminal identification in the database and whether the first transaction amount exceeds a linked maximum transaction amount; and based on the first card data being linked to the received terminal identification in the database and the first transaction amount not exceeding the linked maximum transaction amount, transmitting an authorization for the first request to the terminal via the first data link.