Rejected checks envelope and process

A method of processing rejected checks, comprising:

• capturing a plurality of rejected checks at a deposit location;
• sorting the plurality of rejected checks into envelopes used for processing;
• processing the plurality of rejected checks based on information located on the envelopes;
• capturing images of the plurality of rejected checks;
• and
• creating a data file associated with the images of the plurality of rejected checks.

A method for processing rejected checks, comprising:

• securing paper copies of a plurality of rejected checks in a remote capture system;
• sorting the plurality of the rejected checks into batches;
• placing the paper copies of the plurality of rejected checks into an envelope, wherein the envelope has machine-readable code attached thereto;
• and
• processing the envelopes by capturing image files of the plurality of rejected checks in the envelope, using a machine to read the machine-readable code, and associating the image files of the plurality of rejected checks with data obtained by the machine from the machine-readable code.

An apparatus for processing rejected checks, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory device;
• a machine-readable code reader configured to receive a plurality of envelopes, each envelope containing one or more rejected checks and having a first machine-readable code thereon, wherein the machine-readable code reader is configured to read the first machine-readable code on each envelope and obtain information therefrom;
• an imaging device configured to capture an image of one or more rejected checks contained in each envelope;
• and
• a processing device, configured to store, in the memory device, the captured images of the one or more rejected checks and associate each captured image in the memory device with the information obtained from the first machine-readable code on the envelope in which the captured check associated with the captured image arrived.