Patent ID: 8651371

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine including: at least one cash dispenser device, wherein the at least one cash dispenser device is operative to dispense currency bills from the machine, a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read from a user card, card data useable in determining whether a user of the machine is authorized to carry out a cash dispense transaction involving a financial account associated with the user, at least one programming device, wherein the at least one programming device is operative to program data on programmable tracking devices of currency bills, at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the card reader, the at least one cash dispenser device, and the at least one programming device, wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause the at least one programming device to program, in a programmable tracking device of a currency bill, transaction data unique to at least one of the machine, the user, or any combination thereof.