An anti-fraud device (100) for use with a self-service terminal (12), such as an ATM, is described. The device (100) has a housing (130) that is adapted for covering an entry slot (26) for a motorized card reader module so that only part of the width of a card (28) is accessible by a user when presented to the user by the motorized card reader module. The housing (130) has a profiled edge (132) for simultaneously exposing part of the width of a card and covering part of the width of a card. The housing (130) may be mounted on a plate (140) for coupling to an ATM. A fraud prevention system; a method of preventing fraud at an SST; and an SST incorporating an anti-fraud device are also described.

The automatic cash dispenser has the following elements, a safe (18) for receiving at least one banknote cassette (32) and a separating device (34) for drawing off the banknotes out of the banknote cassette (32), of a banknote-dispensing compartment (50), which can be closed by a closure device (52), of a conveying device for conveying the banknotes from the separating device (34) to the dispensing compartment (50), of a control device for controlling the separating and the conveying devices. Also an operating panel (14, 16) with actuating elements for actuating the control device. The dispensing compartment (50) is arranged above the safe (18). In a central region of its top surface (22), the safe (18) has an aperture (42) for the through-passage of the conveying device. The conveying device is made up of a first conveying section (36, 38), which extends, within the safe, to a transfer location (46) in the vicinity of the aperture (42), and of a second conveying section (44, 48), which can be released from said first conveying section and extends from the transfer location (46) to the dispensing compartment (50).

Sheet feeding apparatus for use in a cash dispenser comprises two withdrawal systems (7,8) operated by a stepper motor (5) to withdraw sheets from respective cassettes (1,2). A transport system (17) operated by a continuously driven drive motor (16) receives sheets from the withdrawal systems (7,8) and transports them to an output station (28). The arrangement is such that in use the transport system (17) is continuously driven by the drive motor (16) and the withdrawal systems (7,8) are selectively driven by the stepper motor (5) during a transaction.

The invention relates to a cash dispensing apparatus having a purge bin (84) into which bank notes (24) may be deposited as a result of an irregularity in the picking or transportation of the notes or as a result of a user failing to remove all of the notes. The invention is characterized by depositing a separating sheet (25) in the purge bin (84) subsequent to each purge operation for the purpose of separating the bank note or notes (24) deposited in the purge bin (84) in one purge operation from the note or notes (24) deposited in the purge bin (84) in the next purge operation.

An automated banking machine (10) includes a controller (72) in the machine operative to selectively illuminate light emitting devices (118, 126) for purposes of facilitating user operation of the machine. Sensing devices (128) adjacent a card reader slot (28) on the machine enables the controller to detect the presence of unauthorized card reading devices. Structural features adjacent to a card reader slot (242) further reduce the risk of the undetected installation of unauthorized card reading devices.