Process of and system for facilitating cash collections deposits and deposit tracking

A process of facilitating cash collection deposits, comprising the steps of:

• depositing cash collected by a retailer into an electronic safe disposed at the retailer;
• identifying by the electronic safe an amount of the collected cash, the identified amount including respective amounts of currency by denomination of the collected cash;
• creating at the retailer a deposit ticket, the deposit ticket having a unique identification code associated therewith, the unique identification code being associated with the identified amount of collected cash;
• depositing the created deposit ticket and the collected cash into a deposit bag;
• transporting to a cash processing facility the deposit bag containing the deposit ticket and the collected cash;
• ascertaining the identified amount of collected cash associated with the unique identification code associated with the deposit ticked contained in the transported deposit bag;
• counting, at the cash processing facility, the collected cash contained in the transported deposit bag to produce a counted amount of cash;
• and
• verifying, by the cash processing facility, that the ascertained identified amount of collected cash corresponds to the counted amount of collected cash.

A process of facilitating cash collection deposits at a plurality of stores of a retailer, comprising the steps of:

• identifying, at each of the stores of the retailer, by a manager at the respective store an amount of cash collected at the respective store, the identified amount including respective amounts of currency by denomination of the collected cash;
• creating, at each of the stores of the retailer, a deposit ticket having a unique identification code associated therewith, the unique identification code being associated with the identified amount of collected cash at the respective store;
• depositing, at each of the stores of the retailer, the created deposit ticket and the collected cash into a respective deposit bag;
• transporting each of the deposit bags to a cash processing facility, each of the deposit bags containing the respective deposit ticket and the respective collected cash;
• ascertaining, for each of the transported deposit bags, the respective identified amount of collected cash associated with the unique identification code associated with the respective deposit ticked contained in the respective transported deposit bag;
• counting, at the cash processing facility, the collected cash contained in each of the transported deposit bags to produce respective counted amounts of cash;
• and
• verifying, by the cash processing facility, that each of the ascertained identified amounts of collected cash correspond to the respective counted amount of collected cash.

A system for facilitating cash collection deposits, comprising:

• an electronic device disposed at a retailer location for receiving from a retailer an amount of cash collected by the retailer, the electronic device creating a deposit ticket having a unique identification code associated therewith, the unique identification code being associated with the amount of collected cash;
• a deposit bag for receiving the deposit ticket and the collected cash;
• and
• a cash processing facility for receiving the deposit bag and for ascertaining the amount of collected cash associated with the unique identification code associated with the deposit ticked contained in the deposit bag, the cash processing facility counting the collected cash contained in the deposit bag to produce a counted amount of cash, verifying that the ascertained amount of collected cash corresponds to the counted amount of collected cash, and arranging for the retailer to be provided with a credit by a financial institute in an amount corresponding to the amount of the collected cash.

A system for facilitating cash collection deposits, comprising:

• an electronic safe disposed at a retailer location for receiving cash collected by the retailer, the electronic safe identifying an amount of the collected cash, the identified amount including respective amounts of currency by denomination of the collected cash;
• an electronic device disposed at a retailer location for receiving information identifying the amount of cash received by the electronic safe, the electronic device creating a deposit ticket having a unique identification code associated therewith, the unique identification code being associated with the identified amount of collected cash;
• a deposit bag for receiving the deposit ticket and the collected cash;
• and
• a cash processing facility for receiving the deposit bag and for ascertaining the identified amount of collected cash associated with the unique identification code associated with the deposit ticked contained in the deposit bag, the cash processing facility counting the collected cash contained in the deposit bag to produce a counted amount of cash, and verifying that the ascertained identified amount of collected cash corresponds to the counted amount of collected cash.

A system for facilitating cash collection deposits at a plurality of stores of a retailer, comprising:

• a plurality of electronic devices, each of the electronic devices disposed at a respective one of the plurality of stores of the retailer, each of the electronic devices receiving from the respective retailer a respective amount of cash collected by the respective retailer and creating a respective deposit ticket having a unique identification code associated therewith and being associated with the respective amount of collected cash;
• a plurality of deposit bags, each of the deposit bags receiving a respective deposit ticket and the collected cash collected by a respective one of the stores of the retailer;
• and
• a cash processing facility for receiving the deposit bags and for ascertaining, for each of the deposit bags, the respective identified amount of collected cash associated with the unique identification code associated with the respective deposit ticked contained in the respective deposit bag, the cash processing facility counting the respective collected cash contained in the respective deposit bag to produce a respective counted amount of cash, and verifying that the respective ascertained identified amount of collected cash corresponds to the respective counted amount of collected cash.