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:

• providing a self-service terminal comprising a detection unit, an image capturing unit, a serial number reading unit, and a database, the database comprising pre-stored information of depositors;
• determining whether currency deposited in the self-service terminal 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, storing the string of serial numbers in the database, and associating the string of serial numbers with information of the depositor;
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• if the string of serial numbers cannot be successfully captured by the serial number reading unit, the image is associated with the information of the depositor.