| 摘要 |
<p>A banking system and method for processing data-carrying documents includes a point of acceptance (12), a processing center (14) and a point of payment (16). The point of acceptance includes an apparatus (22) generating an electronic image of the data carried by each document presented at the point of acceptance and assigns identification information to each document and to its associated image. Data development means (112) at the processing center (14) translate the obtained image information into machine useable data and transaction balancing is performed on these data for a group of documents. Sorting means (120) sort said group of documents according to out-clearing destinations utilizing the associated qualified data. Means (124) are provided for interfacing the qualified data for said group of documents with conventional application systems (126) for the preparation of banking reports and statements.</p> |
