SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CORPORATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
First Claim
1. A front end device for initial local processing of a promissory payment instrument tendered at a merchant location in a financial transaction, wherein the front end device automatically detects presence or absence of an auxiliary field of the tendered promissory payment instrument and automatically obtains at least some transaction data from the tendered promissory payment instrument and communicates the obtained transaction data to a remote system for electronic processing of the financial transaction when the auxiliary field is detected.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for electronically processing financial transactions involving corporate checks. A front end device at a location associated with a merchant and a check processing service configured to detect and process corporate checks. In one embodiment, the detection of the corporate check is achieved at the front end device by reading of an auxiliary on-us field in the check'"'"'s magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) line. Such information denoting the check as a corporate check is used by the check processing service to at least partially base its assessment of whether to approve and process the corporate check electronically.
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20 Claims
- 1. A front end device for initial local processing of a promissory payment instrument tendered at a merchant location in a financial transaction, wherein the front end device automatically detects presence or absence of an auxiliary field of the tendered promissory payment instrument and automatically obtains at least some transaction data from the tendered promissory payment instrument and communicates the obtained transaction data to a remote system for electronic processing of the financial transaction when the auxiliary field is detected.
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8. An apparatus for conducting a financial transaction, comprising:
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an electronic device that captures a field associated with the financial transaction and wherein the electronic device is associated with a merchant involved in the financial transaction; and a processor configured to determine whether the financial transaction is a corporate type transaction based on the presence of the field and to communicate the determination to a check processing service wherein the check processing service; applies selected merchant-defined rules to the financial transaction when the financial transaction is the corporate type transaction, wherein the merchant-defined rules comprise at least one of the group consisting of chosen check acceptance level and corporate check transaction capability; performs a risk assessment of the financial transaction to authorize or decline the financial transaction when the financial transaction passes the merchant-defined rules; and processes the financial transaction as a cash concentration disbursement (CCD) transaction via an automated clearing house (ACH) when the financial transaction is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for conducting a financial transaction, comprising:
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means for reading magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) information from a check; means for determining that the check is a corporate check when the MICR information includes an auxiliary on-us field; means for applying selected merchant-defined rules to the financial transaction when the financial transaction is the corporate type transaction, wherein the merchant-defined rules comprise at least one of the group consisting of chosen check acceptance level and corporate check transaction capability; means for performing a risk assessment of the financial transaction to authorize or decline the check transaction when the financial transaction passes the merchant-defined rules; and means for processing the financial transaction as a cash concentration disbursement (CCD) transaction via an automated clearing house (ACH) when the check transaction is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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