Systems and methods for automatically establishing merchant accounts for transaction card usage
CA 2509550 A1 · Owner: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. · Inventors: Balodis, Gintas P.; Moreau, Abner E. Jr.
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Systems (1) and methods are provided for automatically establishing merchant accounts for transaction card usage. More specifically the systems and , methods allow an agent to automatically apply for and automatically receive approval for a merchant to transact commerce with customers who use a transaction card (18). Moreover, the systems and methods provide real-time information, such as approval or denial notifications and reports to an agent. In addition, the systems and methods provide secure file transfers (16) between an agent and a transaction card issuer/processor (18).
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- Filed December 10, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 10, 2023.
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