Monetary transaction system and method
View Patent ↗A payment system is provided having an internet interface. In one embodiment, the payment system issues instruments having control codes. The system may issue a first portion of the control code, and retain a second portion of the control code for later issuance. Such later issuance activates the instrument. Some embodiments have a role-based security access scheme. For example, one embodiment provides a security verification score to be used in assigning user permissions on the payment system. Customer service representatives having different security permissions complete different portions of the security scoring and permission assignment process. Some embodiments have automated processing of security verification items submitted by users.
1. A method of issuing and handling a financial instrument comprising the steps of:
authorizing a user to access an internet-based interface;
issuing an instrument having a first portion of a control code and a blank field for entering a second portion of the control code, the second portion of the control code associated with the first portion of the control code;
receiving a submission of the first portion of the control code from the user;
verifying the authinticity of the first portion of the control code;
checking for any indication of a cancellation of the instrument related to the first portion of the control code; and
issuing the second portion of the control code to the user.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
entering the second portion of the control code in the blank field; and
enabling negotiation of the instrument based on the first and the second portion of the control code.
3. The method of claim 1 in which the internet-based interface comprises a website.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of confirming validity of the instrument by verifying the first and second portions of the control code.
5. The method of claim 4 in which the step of confirming validity of the instrument includes the substeps of:
receiving an indication of an instrument number;
receiving an indication of the control code;
receiving an indication of the amount of the instrument.
6. The method of claim 4 in which the step of confirming validity of the instrument includes the substeps of: receiving an indication of the reason for validation.
7. The method of claim 6 in which the indication of the reason for validation is selected from the group comprising: accepting as payment, depositing to an account, cashing.
8. The method of claim 4 in which the step of confirming validity of the instrument includes the substeps of: receiving an indication of an entity seeking to confirm validity of the instrument, the indication of the entity being selected from the group comprising: financial institution, business, individual.
9. The method of claim 4 in which the step of confirming validity of the instrument includes the substep of presenting a confirmation history of the instrument to an entity seeking to confirm validity of the instrument.