Systems and Methods to Combine Transaction Terminal Location Data and Social Networking Check-In

A computing apparatus, comprising:

• a data warehouse configured to store information about a transaction terminal;
• a portal coupled with a transaction handler to access transaction data recording transactions of a plurality of users initiated on the transaction terminal, the portal further coupled with a social network system to access check-in information of the plurality of users in the social network system, the check-in information indicating physical presence of the users at an establishment of a merchant;
• and
• a correlator coupled with the portal to correlate the transactions with the check-in information;
• wherein the computing apparatus is configured to augment the information stored about the transaction terminal using the check-in information.

A method, comprising:

• storing, in a computing apparatus, a preference of a user in association with account information identifying a consumer account of the user;
• monitoring, by the computing apparatus, transactions in the consumer account processed by a transaction handler in accordance with the preference;
• and
• in response to a transaction with a merchant in the consumer account and in accordance with the preference of the user, communicating with a social network system to declare a physical presence of the user in an establishment of the merchant.