Cardless financial transactions system
Users are enabled to conduct financial transactions in a secured manner without the need to use traditional financial instruments, such as credit cards, debit cards, prepaid cards, ATM cards, checks, cash, etc. In addition, user's identity is kept confidential in the financial transactions.
1. A computer system to conduct financial transactions without using traditional financial instruments while keeping a user's identity confidential in the financial transactions, comprising:
a computer processor and a memory device;
a database stored on the memory device adapted to store associated with a user's account at least a user's partial personal identification information and contact information of a personal communication device of the user, the user's partial personal identification information being selected from the user's personal identification data to avoid disclosing an identity of the user;
a communication device operable by the processor to send a new pass code in substantially real-time to the user's personal communication device in response to receiving the user's partial personal identification information from a subject and the user's account complying with a pre-defined condition, the new pass code having a pre-defined life time; and
a transaction processing module operable by the processor to approve a financial transaction with the user's account and to permit the subject to conduct the financial transaction in response to receiving the new pass code from the subject before the new pass code expires.
2. The computer system of claim 1 in which the processor generates instructions to freeze the user's account when an incorrect pass code has been received from the subject.
3. The computer system of claim 1 in which the communication device is further operable by the processor to send a photo of the user to the subject in response to receiving the user's partial personal identification information from the subject.
4. The computer system of claim 1 in which the user's partial personal identification information comprises at least a partial phone number associated with the user.
5. The computer system of claim 1 in which the user's partial personal identification information comprises a partial phone number and a short code associated with the user.
6. The computer system of claim 1 in which the user's partial personal identification information comprises a set of data read from an official government issued identification document.
7. The computer system of claim 1 in which the user's partial personal identification information comprises a set of data read from an official government issued identification document and a short code associated with the user.
8. The computer system of claim 1 in which the pre-defined condition comprises sufficient funds availability in the user's account.
9. The computer system of claim 1 in which the pre-defined condition comprises sufficient credit availability in the user's account.
10. The computer system of claim 1 in which the pre-defined condition comprises qualification of the user's account.
11. A computerized method to conduct financial transactions without using traditional financial instruments while keeping a user's identity confidential in the financial transactions, comprising:
storing associated with a user's account at least a user's partial personal identification information and contact information of a personal communication device of the user, the user's partial personal identification information being selected from the user's personal identification data to avoid disclosing an identity of the user and being stored on a computer system;
sending, by the computer system, a new pass code in substantially real-time to the user's personal communication device in response to receiving the user's partial personal identification information from a subject and the user's account complying with a pre-defined condition, the new pass code having a pre-defined life time; and
approving a financial transaction with the user's account and permitting the subject to conduct the transaction in response to receiving the new pass code from the subject before the new pass code expires.
12. The computerized method of claim 11 , further comprising:
freezing the user's account when an incorrect pass code has been received from the subject.
13. The computerized method of claim 11 , further comprising:
sending a photo of the user to the subject in response to receiving the user's partial personal identification information from the subject.
14. The computerized method of claim 11 in which the user's partial personal identification information comprises a phone number associated with the user.
15. The computerized method of claim 11 in which the user's partial personal identification information comprises at least a partial phone number and a short code associated with the user.
16. The computerized method of claim 11 in which the user's partial personal identification information comprises a set of data read from an official government issued identification document.
17. The computerized method of claim 11 in which the user's partial personal identification information comprises a set of data read from an official government issued identification document and a short code associated with the user.
18. The computerized system of claim 11 in which the pre-defined condition comprises sufficient funds availability in the user's account.
19. The computerized method of claim 11 in which the pre-defined condition comprises sufficient credit availability in the user's account.
20. The computerized method of claim 11 in which the pre-defined condition comprises qualification of the user's account.