System and method for monitoring commercial transactions

摘要

A system for monitoring commercial transactions is implemented using credit cards and/or debit cards in conjunction with card readers and/or their associated cash registers linked in communication to a banking establishment. The system comprises modules for use with printers of the card readers and/or their associated cash registers for communicating information included in receipts generated in response to transactions occurring in respect of the credit cards and/or debit cards executed at the card readers. The system further includes computing hardware executing in operation software products for receiving information included in the receipts, for receiving from the banking establishment account information regarding owners or users of the credit cards and/or debit cards, and for associating information included within the receipts with the account information to generate a detailed itemized report of individual items provided in the receipts for presentation to the owners or users.