For Alise Sims, controller at All Crane Rental of Georgia the daily dash to the bank to deposit checks from customers represented a big interruption in her workday: Fighting traffic to the bank branch, itemizing the deposit slips, and waiting in line for a teller cost her an hour of lost productivity. One bank even mandatory its business customers to wait for a special teller — even when other tellers were available. “That was very frustrating,” says Sims.

But when All Crane’s current bank, Atlanta-based Georgian Bank, began offering a “remote deposit” service in 2005, Sims was spared those daily drives. Now she just inserts the checks mailed from companies renting All Crane’s heavy construction equipment into a device the size of a brick. The device scans each check and records the deposits within seconds, leaving Sims with more instance for her other duties. “I feel like I have […]

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