Patent ID: 8033455

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) moving a media stack in a stack presenter of a banking system automated banking machine toward an outlet of the presenter, wherein the presenter includes a gate, wherein the gate in a closed position prevents passage of the media stack through the outlet, wherein the gate in an open position permits passage of the media stack through the outlet, wherein the presenter includes at least one lever, wherein the presenter includes at least one cam arm, wherein the automated banking machine includes at least one user identification information reader, wherein the at least one user identification information reader is operative to read user identification information provided by a machine user, wherein a machine user is authorized to use the automated banking machine in carrying out a transaction responsive at least in part to computer-determined correspondence between user identification information read by the at least one user identification information reader and user identification information stored in at least one data store, wherein the automated banking machine includes at least one removable media cassette configured to hold media, wherein the presenter is arranged to receive media delivered from the at least one removable media cassette, wherein the automated banking machine includes at least one of a card reader and a biometric reader, wherein the at least one of a card reader and a biometric reader is operative to read user identification data provided by a machine user, wherein the automated banking machine includes at least one cash dispenser operative to cause stored cash to be dispensed, wherein the automated banking machine includes at least one machine computer, wherein the at least one machine computer is operative to authorized a user to request a cash dispense transaction responsive at least in part to computer-determined correspondence between user identification data read by the at least one of a card reader and a biometric reader and user identification information stored in a user identification data store, wherein the at least one machine computer is operative to cause a financial account to be assessed a value associated with cash dispensed; (b) actuating the at least one lever to provide cam movement to the at least one cam arm to cause the gate to move upward toward the open position; and (c) moving the media stack through the outlet, wherein movement of the media stack through the outlet causes the media stack to be manually accessible to a customer of the automated banking machine.