Patent ID: 8600893

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for processing banking transactions including paper documents, the system comprising: at least one branch host computing system having a branch host computer processor; and a back office computing system having a back office computer processor, the back office computing system and branch host computing system connected over a network, wherein the branch host computer processor and the back office computer processor are programmed to collectively perform steps including: capturing first transaction data electronically from at least one paper document associated with each transaction, the first transaction data including at least magnetic ink character recognition data and an amount of each transaction, captured electronically during banking transactions conducted at a point of contact associated with a branch location; storing the first transaction data in a transaction file at the branch host computing system; reading the first transaction data from the transaction file; forwarding the at least one paper document associated with each of the banking transactions conducted at the point of contact to the back office computing system; generating second transaction data reflecting information associated with the at least one forwarded paper document for each transaction, wherein generating the second transaction data comprises the step of imaging the at least one forwarded paper document associated with each transaction; linking the first and second transaction data with respect to a common financial transaction; and processing the first and second transaction data to complete the banking transactions, the processing of the first and second transaction data not including magnetic ink character recognition line data completion and amount key entry unless an exception item is detected during the processing of the first and second transaction data.