System and method for back office processing of banking transactions using electronic files
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for processing banking transactions including paper documents, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) capturing first transaction data electronically from at least one paper document associated with each transaction, the first transaction data including at least one of 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 bank location;
(b) storing the first transaction data in a transaction file on a branch host computing system;
(c) reading the first transaction data from the transaction file;
(d) transmitting the transaction file to a back office location computing device;
(e) forwarding the at least one paper document associated with each of the banking transactions conducted at the point of contact to the back office location computing device;
(f) generating, at the back office location, 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;
(g) linking the first and second transaction data with respect to at least one of the transactions; and
(h) processing the first and second transaction data, using computer processing components of the back office location computing device, 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.
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Abstract
As banking transactions are processed by a bank teller, all of the relevant information with respect to the transaction (e.g., dollar amount) is captured in an electronic file. Each of the electronic files from the various branches of the bank are forwarded to a central back office processing center where the electronic files are combined into a single Transaction Repository. At the end of the branch day, all of the paper associated with the transactions is forwarded from the branches to the back office processing center. The paper transactions are imaged in the conventional manner and the Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) data is read from the paper. The present invention then automatically correlates the images and MICR data captured from the paper with the complete transaction record contained in the Transaction Repository. Most of the conventional back office processing can now be performed without the need to perform character recognition and without the need for excess human intervention.
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27 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for processing banking transactions including paper documents, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) capturing first transaction data electronically from at least one paper document associated with each transaction, the first transaction data including at least one of 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 bank location; (b) storing the first transaction data in a transaction file on a branch host computing system; (c) reading the first transaction data from the transaction file; (d) transmitting the transaction file to a back office location computing device; (e) forwarding the at least one paper document associated with each of the banking transactions conducted at the point of contact to the back office location computing device; (f) generating, at the back office location, 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; (g) linking the first and second transaction data with respect to at least one of the transactions; and (h) processing the first and second transaction data, using computer processing components of the back office location computing device, 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented method for processing banking transactions including paper documents, the method comprising the steps of:
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capturing first transaction data from at least one paper document associated with each transaction, the first transaction data including at least one of magnetic ink character recognition data and an amount of each transaction, the first transaction data reflecting transactions processed at a point of contact, wherein there are a plurality of points of contact and capturing the first transaction data further comprises the step of capturing the first transaction data with respect to transactions conducted at the plurality of points of contact; storing the first transaction data in at least one electronic transaction file on a branch host computing system; transmitting the at least one electronic transaction file to a back office computing device in a back office location; forwarding the at least one paper document associated with each of the transactions conducted at each point of contact to the back office computing device; reading the first transaction data from the at least one electronic transaction file; generating, at the back office location, 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 at least one of the transactions; and performing financial processing, using computer processing components of the back office computing device, with the first and second transaction data, 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. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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