Temporarily provisioning functionality to a personal device in a multi-device point-of-sale (POS) system is described. In an example, a presence of a personal device operated by, or on behalf of, a merchant can be determined to be within a range of a POS system of a merchant. The POS system can include a merchant-facing device and a customer-facing device that is coupled to the merchant-facing device. Functionality can be provisioned to the personal device that (i) configures the personal device to present a merchant user interface (UI) via a display of the personal device to enable the merchant to interact with one or more customers and (ii) enables the personal device to interact with at least one of the merchant-facing device or the customer-facing device. Responsive to determining an occurrence of an event, the functionality can be de-provisioned from the personal device.

A payment card system for authorization and authentication is provided. A computing device monitors one or more transactions to detect various security threats comprising one or more accounts. A computing device determines to elevate a security level associated, at least, with one account based, at least, in part, on detection of, at least, one security threat. A computing device generates at least one temporary personal identification number based, at least, on determination to elevate a security level associated, at least, with one account.

A method of generating a virtual reality payment authentication entry interface includes receiving, over a computer network, a request for payment authorization; identifying a virtual reality interface; generating a plurality of payment authentication characters in the virtual reality interface; receiving user input associated with at least one character of the plurality of payment authentication characters in the virtual reality interface; and generating a payment authorization response to the request for payment authorization based on the received user input.

A system, method and computer program product for securing user information, including processing circuitry that receives an encrypted first request from a first party and that includes a unique identifier associated with an account of a user, sends, based on the encrypted first request, an encrypted authorization request to an operator servicing the account of the user, and receives, in response to the encrypted authorization request, an authorization from the operator based on a result of an authorization message exchange for authorizing or not authorizing the request sent by the operator to a device associated with the user over a network controlled by the operator. No pecuniary information of the user nor the personal identification number of the user is received by the processing circuitry thereby shielding the pecuniary information of the user from the first party.

A system, method and computer program product for securing user information, including processing circuitry that receives an encrypted first request from a first party and that includes a unique identifier associated with an account of a user, sends, based on the encrypted first request, an encrypted authorization request to an operator servicing the account of the user, and receives, in response to the encrypted authorization request, an authorization from the operator based on a result of an authorization message exchange for authorizing or not authorizing the request sent by the operator to a device associated with the user over a network controlled by the operator. No pecuniary information of the user nor the personal identification number of the user is received by the processing circuitry thereby shielding the pecuniary information of the user from the first party.

A method, system, and computer program product generate, with a payment network, a first value (a) and a second value (ga), the second value (ga) based on the first value (a) and a generator value (g); generate, with the payment network, a plurality of random merchant numbers (mi) for a respective plurality of merchant banks; determine, with the payment network, a merchant product (M) based on a product of the plurality of random merchant numbers (mi); generate, with the payment network, a public key (pki) based on the second value (ga), the merchant product (M), and the random merchant number (mi) and a random key (rki) based on the merchant product (M) and the random merchant number (mi) for each respective merchant bank; and communicate, with the payment network, the public key (pki) and the random key (rki) to at least one respective merchant bank.

Methods and apparatus for card-to-smartglasses payment systems are provided. A smartglasses device may scan a payment card using a camera. The smartglasses device may identify card data elements from the payment card. The smartglasses device may initiate a transaction. The transaction may include the following components: a payer, a payee and a transaction amount. The payment card may be associated with the payer component of the transaction. As such, the card data elements may be included as the payer component of the transaction. The smartglasses may receive data from a third-party relating to the payee component of the transaction. The transaction amount may be inputted into the smartglasses as user input. The generated transaction may be transmitted to an entity for processing. Upon processing completion, the entity may transmit a notification to the smartglasses, to a device associated with the payment card and to a device associated with the payee.

A method of operating a payment-enabled mobile device to gain access to a location or a service. In an embodiment, a contactless front-end (CLF) component of a payment-enabled mobile device sequentially detects short-distance radio signals comprising at least two different polling signals, determines based on the sequence of the at least two different polling signals, that the payment-enabled mobile device is in proximity to a non-retail contactless transaction terminal, and then a payment application running on the payment-enabled mobile device bypasses a customary user verification feature. The process also includes the payment-enabled mobile device running the payment application performing a transaction with the non-retail contactless transaction terminal without invoking the customary user verification feature and then gaining access to at least one of a location or service. In some embodiments, the location or service includes one of a transit system, a hotel, a motor vehicle, a workplace, a room, a home, a bank branch, a vehicle charging station and a government facility.

A method for issuing a personalized financial transaction card including receiving customer information and card information from a customer at the branch location, the card information including a card PIN, inputting the customer information and at least some the card information into a data processing terminal at the branch, communicating the customer information and the card information across a network to a card services provider, entering the PIN into a PIN database, generating a reference number, storing the reference number and at least some of the customer data and card data in a card file, retrieving the PIN from the PIN database, using the retrieved PIN to apply calculations to the card file, securely sending the card file from the card services provider across the network to the branch location, and using information from the card file, printing the financial transaction card for the customer at the branch location.

Embodiments include multi-function electronic payment card and device systems capable of generating a programmed magnetic field of alternating polarity based on a speed of a card swipe, and methods for constructing the device for the purpose of emulating a standard credit card. An apparatus is described to allow the device to emulate behavior of a credit card when used in electronic credit card readers. Additionally methods are described to allow user control of the device for the purpose of authorizing or controlling use of the device in the application of credit, debit and cash transactions, including cryptocurrency and card-to-card transactions. Methods are also described for generating a limited-duration credit card number when performing a transaction for the purpose of creating a limited-use credit card number, which is limited in scope of use to a predetermined number of authorized transactions. Furthermore the device may interact with other similar devices in proximity for the purpose of funds or credit/debit transfers.