Automated banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records

Apparatus comprising:

• an automated banking machine operated responsive to data bearing records, including:
• a housing;
• a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts;
• a cash dispenser, wherein the cash dispenser is in operatively supported connection with the housing and is selectively operative to dispense cash from inside the housing to machine users;
• at least one terminal processor, where the at least one terminal processor is in operative connection with the card reader and the cash dispenser, wherein the at least one terminal processor is operative to cause to be determined that card data read from a user card corresponds to an authorized financial account, to cause the cash dispenser to dispense cash responsive to the determination, and to cause the financial account to be assessed a value corresponding to the dispensed cash;
• a power controller within the housing, wherein the power controller is in operative connection with an electrical connector extending outside the housing, wherein the electrical connector is configured to be connected with an external source of AC power, and wherein the power controller is in operative connection with at least one transaction function device within the housing, wherein the at least one transaction function device includes at least one of the card reader and the cash dispenser, and wherein the power controller is in operative connection with the at least one terminal processor;
• and wherein the power controller is operative to at least one of supply and shut off power to the at least one terminal processor and to the at least one transaction function device, at different times in at least one predetermined sequence.