Dual validator self-service kiosk

An automated teller machine (“ATM”) comprising a first validator and a second validator, the ATM configured to:

• receive a deposit;
• transfer the deposit to the first validator;
• receive a request for a withdrawal of cash from a dispenser of the ATM;
• in response to the request:
• extract the cash from a cash cassette;
• transfer the cash to the second validator;
• dispense the cash to the customer;
• retract, after a time-out period, at least a portion of the cash not collected by the customer;
• wherein:
• the first validator is configured to examine the deposit;
• and
• the second validator is configured to examine the cash prior to dispensing the cash to a customer and the portion of the cash not collected by the customer.

An automated teller machine (“ATM”), the ATM comprising:

• a storage cassette configured to store a tangible item;
• a validator configured to:
• receive the tangible item from the storage cassette;
• and
• apply an examination routine to the tangible item, the examination routine comprising:
• identifying the tangible item as currency;
• validating an authenticity of the tangible item;
• and
• determining a denomination of the tangible item;
• a dispenser configured to receive the tangible item from the validator and present the tangible item to a customer;
• and
• a computer system comprising:
• a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the computer readable program code;
• wherein the computer readable program code in said computer system when executed by the processor causes the computer system to control:
• a first transfer of the tangible item from the storage cassette to the validator;
• and
• a second transfer of the tangible item from the validator to the dispenser;
• and
• wherein, if the denomination is not associated with the storage cassette, the computer readable program code in said computer system when executed by the processor causes the computer system to control a third transfer of the tangible item to a purge-bin.