Method and system for manual authorization

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a first authorization request associated with a payment account, where said first authorization request was declined for a first purchase transaction for failing to comply with at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction associated with said payment account;

creating, in response to said declined first authorization request, a manual authorization record for said payment account and said first purchase transaction based on information associated with or resulting from said first authorization request; and,

temporarily overriding said at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction and allowing approval of a second authorization request involving said payment account and a second purchase transaction that complies with terms of said manual authorization record, including matching at least a portion of information from said first authorization request.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said payment account is associated with a purchasing card issued to a purchasing entity having a program administrator.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said manual authorization record is created in response to a request by said program administrator.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said payment account is associated with at least one of merchant category code (MCC), account-level, a corporate-level, and standard industrial code (SIC) authorization controls.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said first authorization request is declined based on a failure of said first purchase transaction to comply with at least one of said MCC, said account-level, said corporate-level, and said SIC authorization controls associated with said payment account.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein said manual authorization record operates to override at least one of said MCC, said account-level, said corporate-level, and said SIC authorization controls associated with said payment account.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a network interface communicating with a memory;

the memory communicating with a processor; and

the processor, when executing a computer program, is configured to:

identify a first authorization request associated with a payment account, where said first authorization request was declined for a first purchase transaction for failing to comply with at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction associated with said payment account;

create, in response to said declined first authorization request, a manual authorization record for said payment account and said first purchase transaction based on information associated with or resulting from said first authorization request; and,

temporarily override said at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction and allowing approval of a second authorization request involving said payment account and a second purchase transaction that complies with terms of said manual authorization record, including matching at least a portion of information from said first authorization request.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein said payment account is associated with a purchasing card issued to a purchasing entity having a program administrator.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein said manual authorization record is created in response to a request by said program administrator.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein said payment account is associated with at least one of a merchant category code (MCC), account-level, corporate-level, and standard industrial code (SIC) authorization controls.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said first authorization request is declined based on a failure of said prior first purchase transaction to comply with said at least one of MCC, account-level, corporate-level, and SIC authorization control.

12. A tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

identifying a first authorization request associated with a payment account, where said first authorization request was declined for a first purchase transaction for failing to comply with at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction associated with said payment account;

creating, in response to said declined first authorization request, a manual authorization record for said payment account and said first purchase transaction based on information associated with or resulting from said first authorization request; and,

temporarily overriding said at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction and allowing approval of a second authorization request involving said payment account and a second purchase transaction that complies with terms of said manual authorization record, including matching at least a portion of information from said first authorization request.

13. The medium of claim 12 , wherein said payment account is associated with a purchasing card issued to a purchasing entity having a program administrator.

14. The medium of claim 13 , wherein said manual authorization record is created in response to a request by said program administrator.

15. The medium of claim 12 , wherein said payment account is associated with at least one of merchant category code (MCC), account-level, a corporate-level, and standard industrial code (SIC) authorization controls.

16. The medium of claim 15 , wherein said first authorization request is declined based on a failure of said first purchase transaction to comply with at least one of said MCC, said account-level, said corporate-level, and said SIC authorization controls associated with said payment account.

17. The medium of claim 15 , wherein said manual authorization record operates to override at least one of said MCC, said account-level, said corporate-level, and said SIC authorization controls associated with said payment account.