摘要 |
<p>A financial or commercial database network (10) is disclosed which provides a medium for communicating non-financial information from a third party to a network card holder. The third party idendifies the card holder to the financial database and places a message in the financial database for the identified card holder. Subsequently, in the course of conducting a card-based financial or commercial transaction, the card holder receives the message at the network node he is currently using.</p> |