Interactive Cash Control: Automated Cash Handling for Retail, Banks and Savings Banks
ICC is the platform for the entire cash cycle: cash deposits, change and cash orders, safebag tracking and digital reconciliation — with direct connections to all major German cash-in-transit companies (CITs).
Why cash handling needs a platform
Cash remains part of everyday life, at the store checkout just as much as at the bank counter. Yet between the safe, the cash-in-transit service, and the cash center, cash handling in many places still runs on paper receipts, phone calls, and Excel lists. The consequences: unclear balances, tedious discrepancy resolution, missing proof of transactions and processes that become more expensive with every additional branch.
Modern cash handling needs three things: seamless transparency over every safebag from the safe to the count, secure handovers with digital courier legitimation, and automated ordering and reconciliation processes that eliminate manual work. That is exactly what Interactive Cash Control delivers as a central platform connecting branches, cash-in-transit companies, and financial institutions.
What makes it special: ICC connects both sides of the cash cycle. Retailers use it to manage deposits, change, and accounting reconciliation; banks and savings banks use it to organize cash supply for their commercial customers and manage the safebag process. One platform, all processes, plug & play with all major German CITs.
Vault Management & Cash Deposit
Automate your deposit processes and benefit from a direct connection to cash-in-transit companies. Efficient safebag handovers, integrated courier legitimation, and complete track & trace ensure maximum security and transparency with minimal effort.
Change & Cash Ordering
Simplify your change and cash processes with flexible ordering options. Automate recurring orders through smart order suggestions and standing orders, or use manual ordering for special requirements from change for your own branch to coin roll supply for your commercial customers. ICC connects your orders directly with banks or CITs, efficiently, quickly, and error-free.
Transparency & Risk Management
End-to-end transparency across the entire process. Identify discrepancies and analyze potential irregularities for improved risk management and greater security in your cash cycle. Custom reports and detailed analyses provide valuable insights into cash movements and transactions, while flexible exports enable data-driven decisions for internal evaluations.
Digital Reconciliation
Automatic reconciliation of cash deposits in the bank account with the corresponding revenue accounts ensures quick resolution of discrepancies. The digital document archive makes all transactions easy to trace at any time for efficient centralized finance processes.
Branch App
Digitizing and streamlining branch cash processes via the app, e.g. courier legitimation and digital receipt confirmation.
Nationwide Support for Cash-in-Transit Companies
We support all major German CITs plug & play. This lets you work flexibly and as needed with one or multiple CITs while always staying in control.
Perfectly Integrated into Your Existing Infrastructure
Technical Highlights:
ICC offers API interfaces for seamless integration into your IT landscape and ERP infrastructure.
- GDPR-compliant cloud solution in German data centers
- Seamless connection with ERP systems and cash management tools
- Standard interfaces such as REST, XML, and CSV for easy data flows
Features in Detail
Efficient Vault Management and Secure Cash Deposit
With ICC, you automate vault management and cash deposit — from secure storage in traditional safes or smart safes to pickup by cash-in-transit companies. Seamless interfaces automatically transmit deposit orders, and every phase of cash movement is documented in real time. Features such as track & trace, digital receipts, and courier legitimation ensure maximum transparency and security with minimal effort.
Your benefits at a glance:
- Automation: Reduce manual work steps with automated processes.
- Security: Digital courier legitimation minimizes risks.
- Transparency: Track & trace and digital receipts guarantee complete traceability.
End-to-End Transparency
Every safebag can be tracked in real time starting at the branch safe — from deposit in the safe, through pickup, to counting in the cash center. This gives you a constant overview of how much cash is located where. Complete documentation offers maximum transparency and security and helps resolve any discrepancies easily.
Courier Legitimation
CIT couriers can be managed directly in ICC by the cash-in-transit company. Couriers can then simply verify themselves via QR code, making the entire process more secure and ruling out manipulation.
Digital Receipts
Safebag handovers are documented paperlessly. Digital receipts reduce administrative effort, provide better overview, and are retrievable at any time.
Change and Cash Ordering Made Easy — Automated and Flexible
Set up standing orders for consistent change requirements and benefit from smart order suggestions. This applies to the change requirements of your branches as well as to standing orders for coin rolls for commercial customers of banks and savings banks. The system automatically handles recurring orders, saving you valuable time.
Your benefits at a glance:
- Predictability: Standing orders guarantee regular deliveries.
- Flexibility: Adjust orders to your needs at any time.
- Efficiency: Direct transmission saves time and minimizes errors.
Automated Orders via Profiles and Standing Orders
Set up standing orders for consistent change requirements and benefit from smart order suggestions. The system automatically handles recurring orders, saving you valuable time.
Manual Orders and Special Trips
For specific requirements, orders can be flexibly adjusted manually. The system allows booking additional services, such as special trips or material orders, without interrupting the workflow. This makes it possible to accommodate individual needs efficiently and without complication.
Precise Cash Reconciliation for Maximum Security and Transparency
With ICC, you get a comprehensive end-to-end solution for target-actual reconciliation across the cash cycle. Digital algorithms identify discrepancies in real time, enabling data-driven decisions. Custom reports and flexible exports provide transparent insights, while defined escalation mechanisms guarantee maximum security.
Your benefits at a glance:
- Security: Minimizing risks through real-time monitoring and detailed logs.
- Transparency: Clear analyses and reports for full control over cash movements.
- Efficiency: Automated reconciliations significantly reduce manual effort.
Automatic Reconciliation of Count Results
ICC compares the target values of deposited containers with the actual count results from the cash center, making discrepancies transparent.
Verification of Change Orders and CIT Billing
The system supports checking whether ordered change amounts and cash-in-transit company invoices match the services actually rendered, through reports. This reduces discrepancies and ensures correct billing.
Custom Reports and Exports
Create tailored reports that can be filtered by branch, time period, or transport order. Flexible export formats support internal and external analyses.
Proactive Error Resolution
Define tolerance thresholds for deviations to trigger targeted escalations. Comment functions and notifications help resolve irregularities quickly.
Efficient Branch Processes with the Branch App
With ALVARA ICC's Branch App, you digitize and optimize key branch processes. Whether it's safe management, cash orders, or cash handovers to CITs, the app ensures efficient workflows, enables digital legitimation, and increases security.
Your benefits at a glance:
- Efficiency: Employees can easily and quickly document safe contents via the app.
- Security: Single sign-on and legitimation ensure secure cash handling.
- Availability: With the Branch App, employees always have ICC in their pocket.
Branch Safe Management
Document your safe balances on mobile, in real time. The app allows the amount of stored cash to be securely and efficiently transmitted to the system at any time.
Change Orders
Order change simply and conveniently directly via the app. Specify the desired denominations and transmit the data directly to the cash center responsible for the branch. For maximum efficiency and to avoid input errors, ordering processes can be fully automated via smart suggestions and standing orders.
Cash Handover to Cash-in-Transit Providers
The Branch App supports a secure and efficient handover of cash to CITs:
- Digital Legitimation: Drivers are digitally verified to ensure pickup authorization.
- Safebag ID Capture: All safebags are scanned and documented on mobile devices to ensure complete traceability.
