摘要 |
<p>A method for initiating and processing a financial transaction includes: receiving and accumulating the value of one or more deal redemptions; receiving, by a receiving device, a request for payment, wherein the request for payment includes at least a merchant identifier, a payer identifier, and a transaction amount; identifying, by a processing device, a controlled payment number, wherein the controlled payment number is restricted to a merchant corresponding to the merchant identifier and the transaction amount; initiating a financial transaction for the transaction amount between a payer corresponding to the payer identifier and the merchant, wherein the controlled payment number is used for the payment of the financial transaction; and processing, by the processing device, the financial transaction.</p> |