Reverse vault cash system and methods
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1. An electronic cash management methodology comprising:
- providing a plurality of electronic cash safes under the physical control of a financial institution, operating as a vault cash manager which owns cash located therein, each of said plurality of electronic cash safes being associated with a cash acceptor and a communicator;
upon receipt of cash into one of said plurality of electronic cash safes, verified by said cash acceptor, employing said communicator for providing a computer network notification from said one of said plurality of electronic cash safes indicating receipt of said cash and at least partially identifying a product sold in return for the cash;
responsive to said computer network notification from said communicator, effecting payment to a supplier of said product by said financial institution;
accruing non-loan interest payable from an operator of said one of said plurality of electronic cash safes to said financial institution in respect of said payment;
collecting said cash from said one of said plurality of electronic cash safes on behalf of said financial institution and physically depositing said cash to the account of said financial institution; and
paying to said financial institution by said operator of said one of said plurality of electronic cash safes of said non-loan interest accrued in respect of said payment to said supplier for a period between said effecting payment to said supplier and said depositing said cash.
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An electronic cash management system including a plurality of electronic cash safes each associated with a cash acceptor and a communicator under the physical control of a financial institution operating as a vault cash manager which owns the cash located therein and operative upon receipt of cash into one of said plurality of cash safes, verified by the cash acceptor to employ the communicator for providing a computer network notification to the financial institution indicating receipt of the cash as vault cash owned by the financial institution.
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1. An electronic cash management methodology comprising:
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providing a plurality of electronic cash safes under the physical control of a financial institution, operating as a vault cash manager which owns cash located therein, each of said plurality of electronic cash safes being associated with a cash acceptor and a communicator; upon receipt of cash into one of said plurality of electronic cash safes, verified by said cash acceptor, employing said communicator for providing a computer network notification from said one of said plurality of electronic cash safes indicating receipt of said cash and at least partially identifying a product sold in return for the cash; responsive to said computer network notification from said communicator, effecting payment to a supplier of said product by said financial institution; accruing non-loan interest payable from an operator of said one of said plurality of electronic cash safes to said financial institution in respect of said payment; collecting said cash from said one of said plurality of electronic cash safes on behalf of said financial institution and physically depositing said cash to the account of said financial institution; and paying to said financial institution by said operator of said one of said plurality of electronic cash safes of said non-loan interest accrued in respect of said payment to said supplier for a period between said effecting payment to said supplier and said depositing said cash. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic vending machine methodology comprising:
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providing a plurality of electronic vending machines, each having a cash safe, under the physical control of a financial institution operating as a vault cash manager which owns the cash located therein, a cash acceptor, and a communicator; upon receipt of cash into said cash safe at one of said plurality of electronic vending machines as verified by said cash acceptor, employing said communicator for providing a computer network notification from said one of said plurality of electronic vending machines indicating receipt of said cash and at least partially identifying a product sold in return for the cash; responsive to said computer network notification from said communicator, effecting payment to a supplier of said product by said financial institution; accruing non-loan interest payable from an operator of said one of said plurality of electronic vending machines to said financial institution in respect of said payment; collecting said cash from said cash safe of said one of said plurality of electronic vending machines on behalf of said financial institution and physically depositing said cash to the account of said financial institution; and paying to said financial institution by said operator of said one of said plurality of electronic vending machines of said non-loan interest accrued in respect of said payment to said supplier for a period between said effecting payment to said supplier and said depositing said cash. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic cash management system comprising:
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a plurality of computerized points of sale including electronic cash safes under the physical control of a financial institution operating as a vault cash manager which owns the cash located therein, each associated with a cash acceptor, and a communicator, said communicator being operative, upon receipt of cash into one of said electronic cash safes, employing said communicator for providing a computer network notification from said one of said electronic cash safes indicating receipt of said cash and at least partially identifying a product sold in return for the cash; and a vault cash server, responsive to said computer network notification from said communicator, for effecting payment to a supplier of said product by said financial institution. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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