STORED VALUE CARDS AND METHODS FOR THEIR ISSUANCE

摘要

A method (19) for issuing both a virtual card (24) and a physical card (4) to a cardholder (21) comprises issuing a virtual card to a cardholder (21), with the virtual card (24) comprising identifier and an associated database record (14) of a stored value. A physical card is also issued to the cardholder (21). The physical card (24) includes an identifier that is different from the virtual card identifier and the physical card is an inactive state until the physical card is activated by linking of the physical card identifier to the database record (14) of the stored value.