Using a transaction card account to make recurring loan payments
View Patent ↗Recurring loan payments (e.g., mortgage payments) through a transaction card account is disclosed. Information is received at a transaction account system from a loan company system corresponding to an application received at the loan company system from a requester for a loan involving automatic debits to a transaction card account. A determination is made as to whether the requestor is eligible for the loan to be associated with a transaction card account. If not, the customer receives a communication of rejection. If eligible, a determination is made whether the transaction account system has stored therein a transaction card account of the requester. If no, a transaction card account is opened for the requestor and associated with the loan. If yes, the loan payment is associated with the transaction card account bill.
1. A method comprising:
processing, by a computer-based transaction account system comprising a processor and a non-transitory, tangible memory, a request to make recurring an automatic, periodic charge to a transaction account of a requestor for a loan based on a previously submitted application from the requestor to a loan company;
notifying, by the computer-based transaction account system, the loan company responsive to a decline of the automatic, periodic charge;
receiving, by the computer-based system, prepayment information indicating that the requestor has prepaid at least a partial amount of the automatic, periodic charge; and
notifying, by the computer-based system, the loan company responsive to the prepayment information relating to the automatic, periodic charge.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising periodically storing at least one of a reward value or a loyalty point value associated with the automatic, periodic charge in the transaction account.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatic, periodic charge is associated with a mortgage payment.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transaction account is a credit based account.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the loan is associated with the transaction account of the requestor.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the requestor is eligible to use the transaction account for the automatic, periodic charges.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising offering incentives to the loan company to transmit the information of the requestor to the transaction account system.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the loan comprises a subset of available loans.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing a pre-authorized process of the transaction account.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing a pre-authorized process of the transaction account, in response to the transaction account of the requestor being stored in the transaction account system.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising requiring, by the computer-based system, that a payment be made to reduce a balance of the transaction account.
12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving notification information, by the computer-based system, indicating that the requestor will reduce the requestor's rate of spend on the transaction account.
13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising notifying, by the computer-based system, the loan company responsive to an indication of a reduced rate of spend relating to the automatic, periodic charge.
14. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based transaction account system, cause the computer-based system to perform operations comprising:
processing, by the computer-based system, a request to make recurring an automatic, periodic charge to a transaction account of a requestor for a loan based on a previously submitted application from the requestor to a loan company;
notifying, by the computer-based system, the loan company responsive to a decline of the automatic, periodic charge, wherein the automatic, periodic charge is a request to automatically charge a recurring loan payment amount to a transaction account of a requestor for a loan;
receiving, by the computer-based system, prepayment information indicating that the requestor has prepaid at least a partial amount of the automatic, periodic charge; and
notifying, by the computer-based system, the loan company responsive to the prepayment information relating to the automatic, periodic charge.
15. A system comprising:
a processor configured for managing a transaction account,
a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor,
the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
processing, by the processor, a request to make recurring an automatic, periodic charge to a transaction account of a requestor for a loan based on a previously submitted application from the requestor to a loan company;
notifying, by the processor, the loan company responsive to a decline of the automatic, periodic charge, wherein the automatic, periodic charge is a request to automatically charge a recurring loan payment amount to a transaction account of a requestor for a loan;
receiving, by the processor, prepayment information indicating that the requestor has prepaid at least a partial amount of the automatic, periodic charge; and
notifying, by the processor, the loan company responsive to the prepayment information relating to the automatic, periodic charge.