Method for hub and spokes pan entry and payment verification

1. A method of conducting an electronic card payment between a merchant, having a merchant's device, and a cardholder, having a payment card and a cardholder's device, comprising:

initiating a payment application in the merchant's device;

receiving, into the payment application in the merchant's device from the merchant, purchase information payment and payment card information associated with the payment card, the payment card information comprising at least a first part of a personal account number (PAN) and purchase information;

receiving, with a payment server, the payment card information entered in the merchant's device from the merchant's device;

the receiving step triggering the payment server to:

in the payment sever retrieving, from previously stored payment card information, at least one contact information associated with the received payment card information; and

transmitting a request for PAN message from the payment server to the cardholder's device, using the contact information;

receiving, with the payment server and as responsive action to the transmitting, a second part of the PAN from the card holder's device;

concatenating the first and second parts of the PAN to a complete PAN in the payment server; and

transmitting the purchase information and the complete PAN to a bank server conducting the card payment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said request for PAN message contains a web address of a secure web page on said payment server and wherein the step of submitting the second part of said PAN comprises submitting said second part of said PAN via said web page.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the step of submitting the second part of said PAN comprises submitting said second part of said PAN by responding to the request for PAN message.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the contact information is at least one phone number or one email address.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting in said merchant's device a contact information to use for communication with said cardholder's device and transmitting information about said selection to said payment server and

wherein said request for PAN message is transmitted to said cardholder's device, using said selected contact information.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

transmitting a receipt message and a signature request from said payment server to said merchant's device; and

transmitting a signed receipt message to said payment server.

7. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of:

starting a time-limited payment session in the payment server when said purchase information and payment card information is received from said merchant's device.

8. A system for conducting an electronic card payment between a merchant and a cardholder, the system comprising:

a payment server in operative communication with a merchant's device and a cardholder's device; wherein the payment server executes logical instructions with a processor to:

receive payment card information associated with the payment card, the payment card information comprising at least a first part of a personal account number (PAN), and purchase information, from the merchant's device;

the receipt of the payment card information triggering the execution of logical instructions to:

retrieve, from previously stored payment card information, at least one contact information associated with the received payment card information; and

transmit a request for PAN message from the payment server to the cardholder's device, using the contact information;

receive, as responsive action to the transmission of the request, a second part of the PAN from the card holder's device;

concatenate the first and second parts of the PAN to a complete PAN in the payment server; and

transmit the purchase information and the complete PAN to a bank server conducting the card payment.