System and method for providing instant-decision, financial network-based payment cards
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for issuing a payment card, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a first site, personal data from an applicant located at the first site;
sending the personal data from the first site to a decision system;
determining at the decision system, whether to issue the payment card based on information comprising the personal data and financial information regarding the applicant;
sending unique identifying information to an imprinting device located at the first site, responsive to a determination to issue the payment card to the applicant;
imprinting, at the first site, a blank payment card with the unique identifying information;
activating the payment card for use in a limited geographic area comprising the first site; and
issuing the payment card to the applicant at the first site.
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Abstract
A system and method for issuance of a financial network-based payment card (generally known as a “credit card”) almost instantaneously after application, wherein an applicant applies for a credit card by entering data into a data entry system, advantageously by filling in a plurality of predefined forms in a computer-based data entry system. The applicant'"'"'s data is sent via a data network to a central decision center, which approves or disapproves the application. If the application is approved, data is generated and delivered to a card production system, which embosses and magnetically encodes a card blank. The card is then delivered to the applicant.
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27 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for issuing a payment card, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a first site, personal data from an applicant located at the first site; sending the personal data from the first site to a decision system; determining at the decision system, whether to issue the payment card based on information comprising the personal data and financial information regarding the applicant; sending unique identifying information to an imprinting device located at the first site, responsive to a determination to issue the payment card to the applicant; imprinting, at the first site, a blank payment card with the unique identifying information; activating the payment card for use in a limited geographic area comprising the first site; and issuing the payment card to the applicant at the first site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for issuing a payment card accepted by one or more financial networks comprising:
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an input device located at a first site configured to receive personal data from an applicant located at the first site; a decision system configured to; receive the personal data from the input device, determine credit worthiness of the applicant based upon at least the personal data, and generate credit card information responsive to determining that the applicant is credit worthy; a data network communicatively connecting the input device and the decision system, and a card encoding system located at the first site and communicatively connected to the data network, the card encoding system configured to receive credit card information from the decision system and to generate a payment card having the credit card information, for issuance of the payment card to the applicant at the first site, wherein the payment card is activated for use in a limited geographic area comprising the first site. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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