Selecting a transaction card for a transaction based on characteristics of the transaction

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic wallet device, cause the one or more processors to:
• selectively connect, using a switching component, at least two transaction cards received in a plurality of card slots to corresponding card readers,
• the switching component including one or more switches for enabling or disabling access to the corresponding card readers;
• receive, via a communication interface, transaction information associated with a transaction at a transaction terminal,
• the transaction information including a merchant identifier;
• obtain card information, associated with the at least two transaction cards,
• the at least two transaction cards being positioned within the electronic wallet device,
• the card information including at least one of:
• rewards information associated with each of the at least two transaction cards,
• the rewards information including at least one of:
• a rewards category, or
• rewards earning information, or
• account information;
• select a transaction card, of the at least two transaction cards, based on the transaction information and the card information,
• a first transaction card of the at least two transaction cards being selected, as the transaction card, when the rewards information is weighted more than avoiding transaction fees, or
• a second transaction card of the at least two transaction cards being selected, as the transaction card, when avoiding fees is weighted more than rewards information;
• and
• provide, via the communication interface, a transaction token, associated with the selected transaction card, to be used in connection with processing the transaction.

A method, comprising:

• selectively connecting, by a device and using a switching component, at least two transaction cards received in a plurality of card slots to corresponding card readers,
• the switching component including one or more switches for enabling or disabling access to the corresponding card readers;
• receiving, by the device and via a communication interface, transaction information associated with a transaction at a transaction terminal,
• the transaction information including information indicating a merchant category associated with the transaction;
• obtaining, by the device, card information, associated with the at least two transaction cards,
• the card information including at least one of:
• rewards information associated with each of the at least two transaction cards,
• the rewards information including at least one of:
• a rewards category, or
• rewards earning information, or
• account information;
• selecting, by the device, a transaction card, of the at least two transaction cards, based on the transaction information and the card information,
• a first transaction card of the at least two transaction cards being selected, as the transaction card, when a first card parameter is weighted more than a second card parameter, or
• a second transaction card of the at least two transaction cards being selected, as the transaction card, when the second card parameter is weighted more than first card parameter;
• and
• providing, by the device and via the communication interface, a transaction token, associated with the selected transaction card, to be used in connection with processing the transaction.