Automated banking machine system using internet address customer input

A method comprising:

• (a) operating an automated teller machine (ATM) to obtain address information from an ATM user during an ATM user session, wherein the ATM includes at least one computer and a currency dispenser operative to dispense currency, wherein the address information corresponds to a financial institution, wherein the ATM user is a customer of the financial institution;
• (b) generating at least one URL address based on the address information obtained in step (a);
• and
• (c) during the ATM user session, using the at least one URL address generated in step
• (b) in obtaining customer data that corresponds to the ATM user.

A method comprising:

• (a) operating at least one reader device of an automated teller machine (ATM) to read identification data from a data source provided by a user of the ATM during an ATM user session, wherein the identification data is linked to at least one entity, wherein the ATM includes at least one computer, a display device, and a currency dispenser operative to dispense currency from the ATM;
• (b) operating the ATM to obtain at least one URL address that is based on the identification data read in step (a);
• (c) operating the ATM to transmit toward at least one remote computer remotely located from the ATM, at least one message using the at least one URL address obtained in step (b);
• (d) subsequent:
• to step (c), operating the ATM during the ATM user session to receive from the at least one remote computer, entity identity information about the at least one entity, wherein the entity identity information includes at least one entity name;
• and
• (e) operating the ATM to provide through the display device during the ATM user session, at least one entity name received in step (d).