| 摘要 |
A person-to-person (P2P) payment platform and identity management system which facilitates online banking by allowing consumers to send and receive money in real-time, with no special registration outside of the users' existing banking relationship, and under the security, brand and control of their own respective banks. A central clearing facility (CCF) coordinates and manages payments for users through partner financial institutions. Customers initiate payments within their online banking accounts or other bank delivery channels, without setting up separate accounts profiles and passwords. The CCF is invisible, and allows the customer to access the bank's delivery channel; select a recipient from a list of past payees or enter a new recipient; specify a payment amount, an expiry date and the account from which to draw the funds, and optionally write a personalized message; receive immediate confirmation of the transaction, following which an email message is sent to the recipient advising of payment with links to various methods of collection, and receive an email message confirmation when the recipient accepts the payment. The recipient establishes his identity by providing responses to one or more customer-defined challenge-response questions, the accuracy of which must be verified before any financial transaction will be effected.
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