DIGITAL WALLET INTEGRATION FOR ONLINE SERVICES
An interface associated with a fiat currency account of a customer is enhanced to accept payment on the account via a digital wallet of the customer. A gateway service is processed when the option is selected which causes payment in a customer's wallet to be transferred over a blockchain to a gateway service's wallet. The gateway service then transfers an equivalent amount from a financial account of the gateway service to a financial institution's account. The gateway service also provides an account identifier for the account of the customer to the financial institution. The financial institution credits the amount as payment received from the customer and updates the interface to include the payment and the credited amount on the account.
1 . A method, comprising:
integrating a payment by digital wallet option into a user interface of a fiat currency account management application (app);
receiving through the user interface a selection of the payment by digital wallet option from a user operating the app;
causing a transfer in a first amount from a first digital wallet of the user to a second digital wallet over a blockchain (BC) based on the receiving; and
transferring a second amount of a fiat currency to a financial account of a financial institution (FI) associated with the user as the payment on a user account with the FI.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving further includes receiving an account identifier for the user account and a wallet identifier for the first digital wallet from the app based on the selection.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving further includes presenting within the user interface a code and instructing through the user interface the user to scan the code, wherein the code encoded with a wallet identifier for the second digital wallet.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein causing further includes causing a wallet application on a user-operated device to generate and submit the transfer on the BC using the first amount from the first digital wallet and the wallet identifier for the second digital wallet when the code is scanned.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein causing further includes using the wallet identifier for the second digital wallet and confirming the transfer appears on the BC.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein causing further includes presenting within the user interface a wallet identifier for the second digital wallet and instructing the user to initiate the payment from the first digital wallet to the second digital wallet on the blockchain using a wallet application on a user-operated device.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein presenting further includes identifying the transfer on the BC as a pending transfer to the second digital wallet and linking a wallet identifier for the first digital wallet appearing in the pending transfer to a user account identifier for the user account of the user.
8 . The method of claim 1 , transferring further includes converting the first amount of the cryptocurrency to an equivalent amount in the fiat currency to identify the second amount of the fiat currency.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transferring further includes transferring a user account identifier for the user account with the second amount.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transferring further includes transferring the second amount from a financial account of a provider who provides the method.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transferring further includes exchanging the first amount of the cryptocurrency within the second wallet to a third amount of a stable cryptocurrency over the BC.
12 . The method of claim 1 further comprising, processing the method as a cryptocurrency payment gateway service.
13 . A method, comprising:
registering a first wallet identifier for a first cryptocurrency wallet of a user to a user fiat currency account identifier for a user fiat currency account with a financial institution (FI);
providing a second wallet identifier for a second cryptocurrency wallet to the user;
identifying on a blockchain (BC) a pending transfer of a first amount of cryptocurrency from the first wallet identifier of the first cryptocurrency wallet to the second wallet identifier of the second cryptocurrency wallet;
transferring a second amount of fiat currency equivalent to the first amount of cryptocurrency to a FI fiat currency account of the FI with the user fiat currency account identifier for the user fiat currency account as a payment for the FI to credit the user fiat currency account of the user.
14 . The method of claim 13 further comprising, processing the method as a cloud-based payment gateway service integrated into a fiat currency payment workflow associated with the FI.
15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein identifying further includes identifying the pending transfer during an active session between the user and the FI with the user operating a fiat currency account management application of the FI.
16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein identifying further includes identifying the pending transfer when the user has no active session with the FI through a fiat currency account management application of the FI.
17 . The method of claim 13 further comprising, exchanging the first amount of cryptocurrency within the second wallet to a third amount of a stable cryptocurrency.
18 . The method of claim 13 further comprising, maintaining the second wallet as a custodial wallet on behalf of the FI.
19 . A system comprising:
at least one server that comprises at least one processor;
the at least one processor executes instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform operations, comprising:
linking a cryptocurrency wallet identifier for a cryptocurrency wallet of a user to a user account identifier associated with a user account with a financial institution (FI);
maintaining a second cryptocurrency wallet;
identifying on a blockchain (BC) a payment in a first amount of cryptocurrency being transferred to the second wallet using the cryptocurrency wallet identifier for the cryptocurrency wallet and a second cryptocurrency wallet identifier for the second cryptocurrency wallet;
determining a second amount of fiat currency that is equivalent to the first amount of cryptocurrency;
transferring the user account identifier and the second amount of fiat currency as the payment to a FI account associated with the FI to credit the payment to the user account by the FI in the second amount of fiat currency.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the operations are integrated into a fiat currency payment workflow of a fiat currency account management application and the operations are activated when the user selects a payment by cryptocurrency option within a user interface of the fiat currency account management application.