Patent ID: 8231050

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) operating at least one processor that is in operative connection with at least one input device, at least one output device, a cash dispenser, and at least one communication device of an automated banking machine, wherein the at least one input device includes at least one card reader, wherein the at least one card reader is operative to read from a user card, card data usable to identify a financial account of a machine user, wherein the at least one output device includes a display and a receipt printer operative to provide printed receipts corresponding to transactions conducted through operation of the machine, wherein the cash dispenser is operative to dispense cash to machine users, to cause card data read by the at least one card reader to be communicated from the machine to a first remote computer and to a second remote computer different from and not in operative connection with the first remote computer; and (b) operating the at least one processor to cause the machine to carry out a cash dispensing transaction that includes operation of the cash dispenser responsive at least in part to at least one communication received by the machine from the second remote computer responsive at least in part to communication of the card data to the second remote computer in (a).