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Financial transaction card with installment loan feature

  • US 6,793,131 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2001
  • Issued: 09/21/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a financial transaction payment system comprising a processing unit and an application program executing on said processing unit, a method of conducting a transaction, comprising:

  • engaging in said transaction using a financial transaction card, said financial transaction card having associated therewith a financial account with a financial institution, and said financial transaction card further having associated therewith one or more transaction criteria; and

    selecting, by said application program, a type of loan to be activated on said financial account in order to pay for the transaction, wherein said type of loan is selected, based on said one or more transaction criteria, from among a plurality of loan types including a loan type having a primary payment procedure and a loan type having an installment loan payment procedure.

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