The automated teller station 12 likewise includes a keyboard 28 for entering data, a display such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) 30 for communicating with the customer, a magnetic strip reader 32 for a card with a magnetic stripe, such as an ATM card 33 shown in FIG. 4, a conventional MICR reader 34 for a check, for example, means for generating an image data of the customer 36, such as a high resolu