Systems and methods for use in clearing and/or settling network transactions

A system for use in distributing processing of transactions to a payment network, the system comprising:

• a payment network including a computing device configured to:
• intercept a network reply from an issuer when the network reply is directed to a registered acquirer, the network reply associated with a transaction and including at least one parameter of the transaction;
• retrieve, from a data structure associated with the computing device, at least one rule associated with the registered acquirer;
• and
• when the at least one parameter of the network reply satisfies the at least one rule:
• append a flag indicator indicative of network settlement of the transaction to the network reply and transmit the network reply with the flag indicator to the registered acquirer, whereby upon identifying the flag indicator in the network reply, the registered acquirer is permitted to omit the transaction from further reporting of the transaction to the payment network for clearing and settlement of the transaction;
• and
• append the transaction to a settlement process associated with the payment network, independent of any reporting of the transaction from the registered acquirer.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a payment network, cause the at least one processor to:

• intercept a network reply from a first entity, when the network reply is directed to a registered second entity, the network reply associated with a transaction and including at least one parameter of the transaction;
• retrieve, from a data structure, at least one rule associated with the registered second entity;
• and
• when the at least one parameter of the network reply satisfies the at least one rule associated with the registered second entity:
• append a flag indicator indicative of network settlement of the transaction to the network reply;
• and
• transmit the network reply with the appended flag indicator to the registered second entity, whereby upon identifying the flag indicator in the network reply, the registered second entity is permitted to omit the transaction from further reporting of the transaction to the payment network for clearing and settlement of the transaction.