Self-service terminal and method for storing currency in self-service terminal

A method of storing currency in a self-service terminal comprising following steps:

• determining whether currency stored by a depositor is counterfeit;
• rejecting the currency by the self-service terminal, if it is determined that the currency is counterfeit;
• capturing an image of a side of the currency on which a string of serial numbers are printed by an image capturing unit, if it is determined that the currency is not counterfeit;
• processing the image by a serial number reading unit to capture the string of serial numbers;
• and
• storing the string of serial numbers, and associating the string of serial numbers with a depositor's information.

A method of storing currency in a self-service terminal comprising following steps:

• providing a detection unit, an image capturing unit, a serial number reading unit, and a database;
• determining whether currency stored by a depositor is counterfeit by the detection unit;
• rejecting the currency by the self-service terminal, if it is determined that the currency is counterfeit;
• capturing an image of a side of the currency on which a string of serial numbers are printed by the image capturing unit, if it is determined that the currency is not counterfeit;
• processing the image to capture the string of serial numbers by the serial number reading unit;
• and
• storing the string of serial numbers in the database, and associating the string of serial numbers with a depositor's information that is pre-stored in the database by the database.