Cash management method and system for self-service equipment

The invention discloses a cash management method for self-service equipment. The cash management method comprises the following steps that: the self-service equipment acquires a money box balance and sends the money box balance and flow information to a self-service equipment monitoring system; and the self-service equipment monitoring system receives the money box balance and the flow information, calculates a money adding amount reference value according to transaction information in the flow information and generates an equipment clearing plan according to an equipment clearing time input by a user as well as the money box balance and the money adding amount reference value. Correspondingly, the invention also discloses a cash management system for the self-service equipment. The cash management system comprises the self-service equipment and the self-service equipment monitoring system. In the invention, by calculating the money adding amount reference value according to the flow information and a money adding sum according to the acquired money box balance and the money adding amount reference value so as to generate the equipment clearing plan, automatic management of cashes in the self-service equipment is realized and limitation caused by manual forecasting of the money adding sum is avoided.