1. A validation station for use in providing a financial service, the validation station operable to receive a voucher issued by a remote terminal in response to the remote terminal accepting a form of payment and a request for a financial service to be performed, the validation station being at a location separate from the remote terminal, the validation station being further operable to activate the voucher when an identify of a first user from whom the voucher is received is authenticated to the validation station, the first user or a second user being able to use the activated voucher or a voucher identifier associated with the activated voucher at the remote terminal or a secondary terminal to obtain the requested financial service, the requested financial service able to be obtained by the first user or the second user based on the authenticated identity of the first user at substantially the time of activation of the voucher and independent of any additional identity verification of the first user or the second user.