PEER-TO-PEER PAYMENT REGISTRATION AND ACTIVATION

1 . A method of activating an electronic peer-to-peer payment application on a mobile device of a user, the method comprising the steps of:

i. authenticating a user by an authentication token presented by the user and read at an authentication terminal;

ii. identifying, from the authentication token, a user account associated with the user;

iii. receiving a proxy identifier from the user;

iv. addressing a verification code to the user by the proxy identifier;

v. receiving a code entered by the user into the electronic peer-to-peer payment application at a mobile device associated with the proxy identifier;

vi. verifying the code entered against the verification code; and, if the code entered is verified,

vii. registering the proxy identifier against the user account to enable payments to the user account in an electronic peer-to-peer payment system;

whereby the electronic peer-to-peer payment application is activated for use in the electronic peer-to-peer payment system.

2 . The method of claim 0 , wherein the proxy identifier is entered by the user at the authentication terminal.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user identifies the user account to the electronic peer-to-peer payment application at the mobile device, and registering the proxy identifier includes registering the user account against the proxy identifier.

4 . A method of activating an electronic peer-to-peer payment application on a mobile device of a user, the method comprising the steps of:

i. receiving, from the electronic peer-to-peer payment application on the mobile device of the user, a proxy identifier associated with the mobile device of the user;

ii. addressing a verification code to the mobile device of the user by the proxy identifier;

iii. verifying a code entered by the user into the electronic peer-to-peer payment application on the mobile device of the user against the verification code,

iv. authenticating the user by an authentication token presented by the user and read at an authentication terminal, the authentication token identifying a user account; and, if the verifying and authenticating are successful,

v. registering the proxy identifier against the user account to enable payments to the user account in an electronic peer-to-peer payment system;

vi. activating the electronic peer-to-peer payment application for use in the electronic peer-to-peer payment system.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the proxy identifier is entered by the user in the electronic peer-to-peer payment application.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the proxy identifier is entered by the user at the authentication terminal after the authentication step.

7 . The method of claim 4 , further including sending an activation code to the user via the electronic peer-to-peer payment application and receiving the activation code from the user at the authentication terminal, wherein the electronic peer-to-peer payment application is activated if the activation code is verified.

8 . The method of claim 4 , including receiving an account identification in the electronic peer-to-peer payment application, the account identification identifying the user account to be associated with the proxy identifier in the electronic peer-to-peer payment system.

9 . The method of claim 4 , wherein access to the electronic peer-to-peer payment application is secured by a passcode.

10 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the proxy identifier comprises a mobile number.

11 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the authentication terminal comprises an automated teller machine.

12 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the authentication terminal comprises a card reader terminal.

13 . The method of claim 4 , wherein authenticating the user at the authentication terminal includes receiving from the user a PIN associated with the authentication token.

14 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the authentication token comprises a bank card.

15 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the authentication token comprises a contactless card or a mobile wallet.

16 . A system comprising the steps of:

i. receiving, from an electronic peer-to-peer payment application on a mobile device of a user, a proxy identifier associated with the mobile device;

ii. addressing a verification code to the mobile device by the proxy identifier;

iii. verifying a code entered by the user into the electronic peer to peer payment application on the mobile device against the verification code,

iv. authenticating the user by an authentication token presented by the user and read at an authentication terminal, the authentication token identifying a user account; and, if the verifying and authenticating are successful,

v. registering the proxy identifier against the user account to enable payments to the user account in an electronic peer-to-peer payment system;

vi. activating the electronic peer-to-peer payment application for use in the electronic peer-to-peer payment system.

17 . (canceled)