Patent ID: 7891554

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes at least one computer, wherein the machine includes at least one reader device operative to receive user data, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause user data received by the at least one reader device to be compared with information in a data store, wherein a user is authorized to use the machine responsive at least in part to correspondence between received user data and data store information, wherein the machine includes at least one currency note storage area, wherein the machine includes a machine housing having a shared opening therein, wherein the machine is operative to deliver at least one document through the shared opening, wherein the machine is operative to receive through the shared opening while remaining in stack form, a stack of documents comprising a plurality of financial checks, wherein the machine includes a check imaging device, wherein the machine includes a stack unstacking device, wherein the unstacking device is operative to separate each check from a received stack of documents comprising a plurality of financial checks, wherein the check imaging device is operative to generate an electronic image of at least a portion of a separated check.