Cash handling system and cash handling method

A cash handling method to be performed in a cash handling system capable of dealing with electronic money in a transaction, the cash handling method comprising:

• receiving, at a register, an input of data of an item purchased by a customer in the transaction;
• calculating a purchase amount of the item;
• receiving, by a cash dispensing machine, money from the customer;
• dispensing change which is a part of the money, by the cash dispensing machine, when the received money exceeds the purchase amount;
• acquiring, in response to the transaction, any two amounts out of three amounts which include a settlement amount to be withdrawn from an account of the customer, a transfer amount that is a part of the settlement amount and to be transferred to the electronic money, and a cash-out amount that is a part of the settlement amount and to be dispensed by cash;
• determining, based on the acquired two amounts, three amounts that are the settlement amount, the transfer amount, and the cash-out amount;
• transmitting information including the settlement amount to an external apparatus that performs a process for the account;
• and
• transferring the transfer amount to the electronic money, wherein
• the settlement amount is withdrawn from the account, and
• out of the settlement amount, the transfer amount is charged as the electronic money to be used with a card or a terminal device and the cash-out amount is dispensed by cash from the cash dispensing machine.