Patent ID: 7472824

Claim:
A banking system comprising: a server, a coordination server application operative in the server, wherein the coordination server application is operative to receive at least one processing job from at least one job submitting entity, wherein the coordination server application is operative to divide the at least one processing job into a plurality of tasks, a plurality of ATMs in operative connection with the server, wherein each ATM is operative to carry out authorized financial transactions, wherein each ATM includes at least one ATM computer processor, at least one processing client application operative in the at least one ATM computer processor, and a cash dispenser in operative connection with the at least one ATM computer processor, wherein the at least one processing client application of each respective ATM is operative to receive tasks that are unrelated to authorization of the financial transactions from the coordination server application, wherein the at least one processing client application of each respective ATM is further operative to cause the at least one ATM computer processor of the respective ATM to process a received task that is unrelated to authorization of the financial transactions, wherein at least one of the plurality of ATMs includes at least one user data reading device, at least one display device, and is adapted to operate responsive to user data read by the at least one user data reading device from at least one data bearing record.