Methods and systems for handling currency

A method for accepting bulk cash at a financial institution based on transaction information stored by a provider concerning one or more transactions between an agent of a remitter and one or more customers of the agent, the method comprising the steps of:

• reviewing at the financial institution a deposit slip having a marking signifying said one or more customers, together with bulk cash corresponding to the transaction information;
• downloading at the financial institution from the provider at least some of the transaction information, the step of downloading including downloading information comprising (a) a correlation to the deposit slip, and (b) detail greater than that produced on the deposit slip;
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• analyzing the transaction information at the financial institution to obtain information about the deposit slip that was not originally produced upon the deposit slip.

A system for facilitating delivery of information about a deposit to a financial institution based on dealings between a remitter and an agent of the remitter, the system comprising:

• a primary database operable to store transaction information concerning one or more transactions between the agent and one or more customers of the agent;
• a generator for producing a deposit slip adapted for delivery to the financial institution and having markings signifying (a) said one or more customers, and (b) bulk cash corresponding to the transaction information;
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• an interface operable to provide to the financial institution from the primary database at least a predetermined portion of the transaction information including (a) its correlation to the deposit slip, and (b) detail greater than that produced on the deposit slip.

A deposit slip for depositing bulk cash at a financial institution in connection with one or more customers of an agent, the deposit slip being marked with:

• (a) a listing of transaction amount for each of said one or more customers of the agent;
• (b) amount of bulk cash to be delivered to the financial institution with the deposit slip;
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• (c) a summary of any discrepancy between the listing of transaction amount and bulk cash being delivered to the financial institution.

A method for facilitating delivery of information about a bulk deposit to a financial institution based on dealings between a remitter and an agent of the remitter, the method comprising the steps of:

• downloading from the agent to the remitter, transaction information concerning one or more transactions between the agent and one or more customers of the agent;
• uploading from the remitter to a database at least some of the transaction information;
• delivering to the financial institution bulk cash corresponding to the transaction information;
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• downloading at the financial institution from the database at least some of the transaction information.