METHODS FOR FACILITATING CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ITEM LISTS WITH UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION CODES FOR ITEMS AND ASSOCIATING THE LISTS TO SPONSOR'S PAYMENT FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD PROGRAMS

摘要

A method is provided for multiple retailers to participate in restricted spend card programs. A retailer infrastructure is provided that includes a point of sale server coupled to a store concentrator and to a product tables/price book(s). An adjudication processor and a catalog management processor are coupled to the adjudication processor. The catalog management processor is used to create one or more catalogs of UPC's for each of a participating retailer. Each catalog includes first and second sets of UPC data. The first set is for national brand products and the second set is for retailer private label products.