Gift card use notification

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

• one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause one or more processors to:
• receive, at a credit account of a customer and from a customer, a request for a specific gift card to be generated from said credit account of said customer and provided to a second party,
• said request comprises an amount to be allocated to said specific gift card;
• receive, at said credit account of said customer and from said customer, an identifier for said second party;
• generate a sub-account from said credit account, wherein said one or more processors:
• allocate a part of said credit account to form a sub-account;
• set a credit limit on said sub-account to said amount identified by said customer;
• assign a virtual account number (VAN) to said sub-account;
• link said VAN of said sub-account to said credit account;
• and
• generate said specific gift card using said VAN of said sub-account, said specific gift card generated in a digital format;
• electronically transmit, from said credit account of said customer and to a mobile device of said second party, said specific gift card, wherein no funds are taken from said credit account of said customer until said specific gift card is used, said electronic transmission includes an instruction to cause said specific gift card to be automatically added to a digital wallet on said mobile device of said second party when said specific gift card is received at said mobile device of said second party;
• receive, at a gift card use notification system, a notice that said specific gift card has been used for a purchase;
• use, at the gift card use notification system, an information from the notice to identify said customer that had given the specific gift card;
• determine, at the gift card use notification system, a contact information for the customer that had given the specific gift card;
• generate, at the gift card use notification system, a use notification for the specific gift card;
• and
• provide, from the gift card use notification system and to the customer via the contact information, the use notification.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• a storage;
• and
• one or more processors to:
• receive, at a credit account of a customer and from a customer, a request for a specific gift card to be generated from said credit account of said customer and provided to a second party,
• said request comprises an amount to be allocated to said specific gift card;
• receive, at said credit account of said customer and from said customer, an identifier for said second party;
• generate a sub-account from said credit account, wherein said one or more processors:
• allocate a part of said credit account to form a sub-account;
• set a credit limit on said sub-account to said amount identified by said customer;
• assign a virtual account number (VAN) to said sub-account;
• link said VAN of said sub-account to said credit account;
• and
• generate said specific gift card using said VAN of said sub-account, said specific gift card generated in a digital format;
• electronically transmit, from said credit account of said customer and to a mobile device of said second party, said specific gift card, wherein no funds are taken from said credit account of said customer until said specific gift card is used, said electronic transmission includes an instruction to cause said specific gift card to be automatically added to a digital wallet on said mobile device of said second party when said specific gift card is received at said mobile device of said second party;
• receive a notice that said specific gift card has been used for a purchase;
• use an information from the notice to identify said customer that had given the specific gift card;
• determine a contact information for the customer that had given the specific gift card;
• generate a use notification that the specific gift card has been used;
• and
• provide the use notification to the customer via the contact information for the customer.