Systems and methods for two-way cash recycler

A method of facilitating a transaction comprising:

• facilitating, by a transaction device, at least one of a plurality of transaction types, the plurality of transaction types comprising:
• a first transaction type comprising:
• receiving, by a first input/output device of the transaction device, a first set of transaction media,
• receiving, by a second input/output device of the transaction device, a second set of transaction media, and
• transporting, by a transport system, the first set of transaction media and the second set of transaction media to a media vault;
• and
• a second transaction type comprising:
• receiving, by the first input/output device, a third set of transaction media, and
• transporting, by the transport system, the third set of transaction media from the first input/output device to the second input/output device;
• wherein the media vault comprises at least one of:
• a plurality of media cassettes structured to store, receive, and dispense banknotes, each of the plurality of media cassettes structured to receive a unique banknote type;
• a check holding area structured to receive checks and having a check OCR sensor coupled thereto, the check OCR sensor structured to detect a routing number, an account number, and a value for each of the checks received by the check holding area;
• and
• a payment ticket holding area structured to receive and store tickets therein.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations to complete a transaction, the operations comprising:

• performing concurrent transaction operations, the concurrent transaction operations including:
• receiving a first deposit notification from a first input/output device sensor, the first deposit notification indicating that a first transaction media was placed in a first input/output device;
• receiving a second deposit notification from a second input/output device sensor, the second deposit notification indicating that a second transaction media was placed in a second input/output device;
• and
• causing a transport system to transport the first transaction media and the second transaction media to a media vault;
• and
• performing pass-through transaction operations, the pass-through transaction operations including:
• receiving a third deposit notification from the first input/output device sensor, the third deposit notification indicating that a third transaction media was placed in the first input/output device;
• and
• causing the transport system to transport the third transaction media from the first input/output device to the second input/output device.