Money Transfers by Residents of a Controlled Facility

摘要

In an aspect, a method includes receiving authorization information from a controlled facility, and receiving a request to initiate a financial transaction at an agent device. At least one party to the financial transaction may be a resident of the controlled facility. The method includes determining whether the resident is authorized to participate in the financial transaction based on the authorization information. Determining whether the resident is authorized to participate in the financial transaction may include determining, based on the authorization information, whether a party that is to receive funds from or provide funds to the resident in connection with the financial transaction corresponds to an entity that the resident of the controlled facility is authorized to receive funds from or provide funds to. The method includes initiating the financial transaction in response to a determination that the resident is authorized to participate in the financial transaction.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by an electronic device, authorization information from a controlled facility, wherein the authorization information identifies entities that a resident of the controlled facility is authorized to transfer funds to and entities that the resident of the controlled facility is authorized to receive funds from; receiving, by the electronic device, a request to initiate a financial transaction, wherein at least one party to the financial transaction is a resident of the controlled facility; determining, by the electronic device, whether the resident is authorized to participate in the financial transaction based on the authorization information, wherein determining whether the resident is authorized to participate in the financial transaction includes:
determining whether a party that is to receive funds from the resident in connection with the financial transaction corresponds to one of the entities that the resident of the controlled facility is authorized to transfer funds to; anddetermining whether a party that is to provide funds to the resident in connection with the financial transaction corresponds to one of the entities that the resident of the controlled facility is authorized to receive funds from; and initiating, by the electronic device, the financial transaction in response to a determination that the resident is authorized to participate in the financial transaction.