ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,532, issued on June 23, was assigned to Citizens Bank of Edmond (Edmond, Okla.).

"Electronic banking facility" was invented by Jill Castilla (Edmond, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cash recycler is described. The cash recycler includes a communication device connected to a core network of a bank; an internal vault; an input bin for receiving bank notes; an output bin; a counter having sensors that count and evaluate bank notes for fitness, authenticity, and denomination, and a conveyor configured to convey the bank notes into the internal vault; a user interface including control circuitry configured to authenticate a non-tel...