Method and Systems for Providing Digital Incentives Using Post-Transaction Data
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1. A method for providing digital incentives or financial offsets comprising the steps of:
- providing a financial platform for applying digital incentives to consumer electronic payment accounts, the financial platform being operable on a digital incentives (DI) server computer having at least one database in electronic, digital communication over a network with at least one financial institution (FI) server computer, the financial platform operable for automatically creating digital incentives applicable directly to at least one user'"'"'s electronic payment card account at the FI server computer;
applying a digital incentive program for stimulating financial transactions of the at least one user'"'"'s electronic payment card, the digital incentive program including profile factors from the profile data of the at least one user;
automatically providing at least one digital incentive to corresponding electronic payment card account(s) of the at least one user, the at least one digital incentive applied as a credit to the electronic payment card account data at the FI server computer.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically providing digital incentives post-settlement or post-transaction for electronic payment card accounts at the financial institution level.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for providing digital incentives or financial offsets comprising the steps of:
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providing a financial platform for applying digital incentives to consumer electronic payment accounts, the financial platform being operable on a digital incentives (DI) server computer having at least one database in electronic, digital communication over a network with at least one financial institution (FI) server computer, the financial platform operable for automatically creating digital incentives applicable directly to at least one user'"'"'s electronic payment card account at the FI server computer; applying a digital incentive program for stimulating financial transactions of the at least one user'"'"'s electronic payment card, the digital incentive program including profile factors from the profile data of the at least one user; automatically providing at least one digital incentive to corresponding electronic payment card account(s) of the at least one user, the at least one digital incentive applied as a credit to the electronic payment card account data at the FI server computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable code stored in a storage medium and executable by one or more processors, which when executed perform the method steps comprising:
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automatically providing an electronic communication for at least one digital incentive to at least one electronic payment card account of at least one user, the electronic payment card account having data associated therewith at a financial institution (FI) database, applying an electronic financial transaction credit post-settlement at the FI database after a match is detected between active digital incentives and a qualifying transaction made with a predetermined electronic payment card having an account stored on the FI database; providing a credit for the electronic financial transaction credit at the FI database for the account, demand deposit account, credit, debit, or prepaid account of the at least one user, without directly affecting a merchant level of the financial transaction. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing digital incentives comprising:
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a financial system operable on a digital incentives (DI) server computer and at least one database in electronic, digital communication over a network with at least one financial institution (FI) server computer, the financial platform operable for automatically applying digital incentives to qualifying financial services transactions associated with predetermined electronic payment cards; a digital incentive program operable within the financial system and the DI and FI server computers for stimulating financial transactions by the users, by transforming accounts at a consumer level by automatically applying post-transaction credits to those accounts after a match between the digital incentives, electronic payment card transactions and their corresponding accounts at the FI server computer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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