Debit card system and method for implementing incentive award program
CA 2215969 C · Owner: Jackson, Mark · Inventors: Stone, Gayla L.; Huff, Lowell; Carrithers, David C.
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A debit card system for implementing an incentive award program. A plurality of debit cards (114), each assigned to one participant having a unique , account number corresponding to participant's award account. A bank filter processor (116) accesses program data including data identifying the authorized unique account numbers of the participants the authorized , merchants (108) and the balance in each participant's award account. The filter processor (116) compares this program data to the following transaction data: the card account number initiating the transaction the initiating , merchant identification data regarding the amount of the initiated transaction. The filter processor …
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