Patent ID: 8052044

Claim:
A method carried out using at least one component of a cash dispensing automated banking machine that operates responsive to data bearing records, comprising: (a) removing a plurality of first rails removably attached at inner attachment locations on an underside of a lid of a currency cassette, wherein the cassette is reloadable with currency notes for storage in and dispensing from the cash dispensing automated banking machine, wherein the first rails when attached to the lid each extend from the underside a first rail height which enables the cassette to hold a stack of currency notes having a first maximum stack height, and wherein the cassette includes at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including data representative of cassette serial number and the currency denomination; (b) subsequent to step (a), respectively removably attaching to the underside of the lid at the inner attachment locations, a plurality of second rails which each extend from the underside a second rail height which enables the cassette to hold a stack of currency notes having a second maximum stack height, wherein the second rail height differs from the first rail height, and wherein the second maximum stack height differs from the first maximum stack height; (c) subsequent to step (b), inserting the cassette into the cash dispensing automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes at least one of a card reader and a biometric reader; (d) operating at least one of the card reader and the biometric reader to receive identifying data from a customer of the machine; (e) operating at least one computer in the machine to cause data corresponding to data received in step (d), to be compared with data store information in determining whether the customer is an authorized user of the machine; and (f) responsive to step (e), operating the machine to enable the customer to request a transfer of money from at least one financial account in a banking system; (g) operating the machine to receive a cash withdrawal request from the customer; and (h) operating a cash dispenser device in the machine to dispense an amount of cash associated with the cash withdrawal request received in step (g).