PROCESS OF AND SYSTEM FOR ADVANCING CREDIT FOR CASH COLLECTIONS
First Claim
1. A process for providing bank credit to a retailer for cash collections, comprising the steps of:
- collecting cash by a retailer over a period of time;
depositing the collected cash into a safe disposed at the retailer;
calculating, at a designated time, a total amount of cash deposited into the safe over said period of time; and
electronically transmitting a data file identifying the calculated total amount of cash deposited into the safe over said period of time to enable for the crediting of the retailer by a bank with the calculated total amount of cash deposited into the safe as identified in the data file.
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Abstract
A process for providing bank credit to retailers for cash collections that are carried out during retailers'"'"' normal business operations. The process entails a retailer collecting cash over a period of time, such as over a single or multiple business days, generally in exchange for goods and/or services, depositing the collected cash into one or more electronic safes disposed at the retailer'"'"'s location or locations, calculating at a designated time, such as the end of day at each location, a total amount of cash that has been deposited into the retailer'"'"'s safes over such period of time, and electronically transmitting data files that identify the calculated total amounts of cash accepted by the retailer over the period of time. The retailer is credited, for example, by a bank, with the total cash deposits as reported by the electronic safes at the end of each business day. The process advantageously makes funds readily available and improves cash flow to retailers who take-in cash as part of their normal business operations.
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17 Claims
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1. A process for providing bank credit to a retailer for cash collections, comprising the steps of:
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collecting cash by a retailer over a period of time; depositing the collected cash into a safe disposed at the retailer; calculating, at a designated time, a total amount of cash deposited into the safe over said period of time; and electronically transmitting a data file identifying the calculated total amount of cash deposited into the safe over said period of time to enable for the crediting of the retailer by a bank with the calculated total amount of cash deposited into the safe as identified in the data file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A process for providing credit to a retailer for cash collections, comprising the steps of:
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collecting cash by a retailer over a plurality of business days; depositing the collected cash into a safe disposed at the retailer; calculating, at an end of day for each of the business days, a total amount of cash deposited into the safe between the end of day of a business day preceding the respective business day and the end of day for the respective business day; and electronically transmitting, at the end of day of each of the business days, a respective data file identifying the respective calculated total amount to enable for the respective crediting of the retailer by a bank with the respective calculated total amount. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A process for providing credit to a retailer for cash collections, comprising the steps of:
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collecting cash by a retailer at a plurality of retailer locations over a period of time; depositing cash collected at each of the retailer locations into safes respectively disposed at the retailer locations; calculating a respective total amount of cash deposited into the respective safe at each of the retailer locations over the period of time; electronically transmitting, for each of the retailer locations, a respective data file identifying the respective calculated total amount deposited at each of the retailer locations; receiving by a facility all of the electronically transmitted data files; and arranging by the facility for the retailer to be provided by a bank with a total credit corresponding to a sum of the calculated total amounts of cash deposited into the safes at each of the retailer locations as identified in the received data files. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system for providing bank credit to a retailer for cash collections, comprising:
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cash collected by a retailer over a period of time at the retailer location; a safe disposed at a retailer location, the collected cash deposited into the safe, the safe being adapted to calculate, at a designated time, a total amount of cash deposited into the safe over the period of time, and adapted to electronically transmit a data file identifying the calculated total amount of cash deposited into the safe over said period of time to enable for the crediting of the retailer by a bank with the calculated total amount of cash deposited into the safe as identified in the data file.
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17. A system for providing credit to a retailer for cash collections, comprising:
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cash collected by a retailer at a plurality of locations of the retailer; a plurality of safes, each of the safes disposed at a respective one of the plurality of locations of the retailer, cash collected at each of the plurality of locations of the retailer being deposited into a corresponding respective one of the plurality of safes, each of the safes being adapted to calculate a respective total amount of cash deposited into the respective safe and adapted to electronically transmit a respective data file identifying the respective calculated total amount deposited at each of the retailer locations; and a facility for receiving all of the electronically transmitted data files, the facility adapted to arrange for the retailer to be provided with a total credit corresponding to a sum of the calculated total amounts of cash deposited into the safes at each of the retailer locations as identified in the received data files.
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