System and Method for Providing a Cash Advance
First Claim
1. A method for providing a cash advance to at least one user, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) having the user initiate a cash advance request from a cash advance distributor, the user being a pre-established customer of said given cash advance distributor and receiving service bills therefrom;
b) communicating said cash advance request to a loans provider;
c) transferring a cash advance amount consistent with said cash advance request from a loans account of said loans provider to a user account; and
d) charging the user, on a future one of said service bills, a loan charge corresponding to at least said cash advance amount.
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Abstract
A loan system and cash advance product is provided which provides funds instantly to a financial institution or equivalent payment provider for pick-up by a registered user of the system. The user selects a cash advance product provided by an authorized distributor. The authorized distributor authenticates the user, pre-authorizes the purchase of the cash advance product, communicates with a loan system that verifies the user, authorizes the transaction, and transfers funds to the financial institution associated with the user. The authorized distributor then charges the user on his bill and remunerates the loan system cash advance product once the user has paid the bill.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for providing a cash advance to at least one user, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) having the user initiate a cash advance request from a cash advance distributor, the user being a pre-established customer of said given cash advance distributor and receiving service bills therefrom; b) communicating said cash advance request to a loans provider; c) transferring a cash advance amount consistent with said cash advance request from a loans account of said loans provider to a user account; and d) charging the user, on a future one of said service bills, a loan charge corresponding to at least said cash advance amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. A cash advance system for providing a cash advance to at least one user of the system, the user initiating a request for the cash advance using a user communication device, the system comprising at least one cash advance distribution system of a given cash advance distributor communicatively configured to receive the request from the user communication device, at least one loan system in communication with said cash advance distribution system communicatively configured to respond to the request and transfer a cash advance amount consistent with the request from a loan system account to a user account and an automated billing system for charging the user a loan charge corresponding to at least said cash advance amount, wherein the user is a pre-established customer of said given cash advance distributor and receives service bills therefrom such that said billing system may charge the user said loan charge on a future one of said service bills.
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26. A computer implemented method for providing a cash advance to at least one user using a user communication device, the method to be implemented over at least one communication network by a cash advance system adapted for communicating over the network, the cash advance system comprising at least one cash advance distribution system and at least one loan system, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) initiating a cash advance request by establishing a communication link over the network between the user communication device and the cash advance distribution system of a given cash advance distributor, the user initiating said cash advance request being a pre-established customer of said given cash advance distributor and receiving service bills therefrom; b) communicating said cash advance request to said loan system; c) automatically initiating an electronic transfer of a cash advance amount consistent with said cash advance request from a loan system account to a user account; and d) charging the user on a future one of said service bills a loan charge corresponding to at least said cash advance amount. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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