This patent features a self-servicing electronic equipment (1) for use preferably in commercial establishments, which enables performing bank transactions and cash withdrawals in which the financial operation is performed by the electronic equipment (1) and the cash is provided by the commercial establishment. The electronic equipment (1) includes a central processing unit (14) for control and connection between devices. The electronic equipment (1) comprises a cabinet (2), including a structural part made of a thermoplastic material, comprising an upper part (21), a lower part (22), side finishing parts (23) and side closure parts (24), fingerprint reader support (16), palm vein reader support (15), external connector support (18), central processing unit support (17) and card reading and password input device support (19), internal processing center (14), card reading and password input device (3), fingerprint reader (5), palm vein reader (13), fixed base (20) and base with rotating system (10).

Methods and systems are described for maintaining hygienic conditions in automatic teller machines by detecting whether or not a user is not in compliance with a hygienic standard. If a user is not in compliance, then the automatic teller machine may execute a hygienic action to cleanse the automatic teller machine. For example, the hygienic action may comprise automatically cleansing the automatic teller machine, disabling the automatic teller machine from service, transmitting a sanitation service request to an automatic teller machine provide, and/or initiating an alternative control scheme (e.g., voice controls, gesture-based controls, etc.) for the automatic teller machine.

Systems and methods for obtaining non-customer lead information include authenticating a user at an ATM for a transaction via biometric information, determining that the user is a non-customer of a financial institution operating the ATM, determining that the user was a customer of the financial institution prior to becoming a non-customer, presenting an offer to the non-customer on the ATM based in part on the non-customer lead information collected from an at least one previous transaction with the user, where, responsive to the determination that the user was a customer of the financial institution operating the ATM prior to becoming a non-customer, the offer further comprises a message to the user indicative of the user being a former customer, receiving a response from the non-customer relating to the offer presented, transferring the response to the financial institution computing system.

Systems and methods for contactless transactions are described. A method includes transmitting, by a mobile device having a provider institution mobile application, a first data payload to a user-interactive device via a first short-range wireless communication, and launching the provider institution mobile application on the mobile device based on the first short-range wireless communication. The method further includes transmitting authentication information to the user-interactive device via a second short-range wireless communication, receiving a request for transaction information from the user-interactive device via the second short-range wireless communication, and transmitting transaction information to the user-interactive device via a third short-range wireless communication as part of the transaction.

A method includes receiving a transaction request at a transaction machine, the transaction request being associated with an account holder, determining a weather status for the transaction machine, determining screen content for the transaction machine based on the weather status, and displaying the screen content to the account holder via a display screen of the transaction machine.

A center-alignment apparatus for use in an ATM has a transport mechanism to transport a document into the ATM. One or more plates operable in tandem to move the document toward a centerline of a path the document is to travel. Edge-detection sensor(s) on the plate sense an edge of the document when the plate(s) is moved toward the centerline. A translate/rotate mechanism translates and rotates the document while the translate/rotate mechanism transversely moves the document toward the center until another edge-detection sensor detects an edge of the document to create a parallel-aligned document. The control logic controls the plate(s) to centers the parallel-aligned document about the centerline to create a centered document.

A computer vision card reader and/or point of sale device is described. The device is configured to sense when a user inserts a card into a card reader and to determine when a user departs or is about to depart from the device without retrieving the card. The device may issue an audible or visible alert to the user, reminding the user to retrieve the card. The device may additionally send a notification to a mobile device associated with the user that reminds the user that he has left a card at the point of sale. In some embodiments, message sent to the user contains a code and, upon entry of the code, the point of sale or card reader device returns the card to the user.

An automated method is provided for enabling and implementing a beacon-based service location application in a user device having a beacon monitoring application. A service location facilitation server establishes service need criteria for a user of the user device and estimates a service need state for the user. The service need state includes information indicative of a relative need for a desired service. The service location facilitation server then determines whether the service need state meets the service need criteria, and, if so, transmits an instruction to the user device to transition the beacon monitoring application from an inactive state to an active monitoring state.

A system for image analysis for physical defect detection of a storage medium of a first card that comprises an apparatus configured to receive the storage medium of the first card and a first server configured to verify issuance of a second card. The apparatus comprises an optical sensor comprising a light transmitter, a receiver, and a first processor. The optical sensor is configured to produce a light to be directed to the storage medium and to determine that the storage medium comprises a physical defect with the first processor based at least in part upon processed electronic signals. The apparatus further comprises a second processor configured to display outputs requesting authorization to issue the second card. The first server is configured to verify issuance of the second card, wherein the first server is communicatively coupled to the apparatus.

A stripper assembly can include a feed wheel, a stripping tire, a drag clutch, and first and second stripping elements. The feed wheel and stripping tire can be mounted for rotation in clockwise (CW) and counter-clockwise (CCW) directions and can contact one another to define a nip through which papers are directed. The drag clutch can be interposed between the stripping tire and the shaft it is mounted upon. The first and second stripping elements can be positioned on the shaft of the stripping tire on opposite sides of the nip. Each of the stripping elements can be configured and positioned to engage papers passing through the nip. The drag clutch is not interposed between either of the first and second stripping elements and the shaft of the stripping tire.