Methods, apparatus, computer program products and articles for use in providing human understandable indication of account balance

Apparatus comprising;

• a proximity coupling system to:
• (i) receive, in association with a payment transaction, information via a proximity payment card that is associated with a payment account and has a generally rectangular shape consistent with ISO/IEC 14443 and, (ii) receive via the proximity payment card having the generally rectangular shape consistent with ISO/IEC 14443, holder consent to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance associated with the payment account;
• and
• an output device to provide a human understandable indication of the account balance.

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by a processor to result in a method comprising:

• receiving, in association with a payment transaction, information at a proximity coupling system via a proximity payment card that is associated with a payment account and has a generally rectangular shape consistent with ISO/IEC 14443;
• receiving, in the proximity coupling system via the proximity payment card having the generally rectangular shape consistent with ISO/IEC 14443, holder consent to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance associated with the payment account;
• and
• providing a human understandable indication of the account balance via an output device, in response at least in part to the consent.

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by a proximity coupling system to result in a method comprising:

• receiving, in association with a payment transaction, information at a proximity coupling system via a proximity payment card that is associated with a payment account and has a generally rectangular shape consistent with ISO/IEC 14443;
• receiving, in the proximity coupling system via the proximity payment card having the generally rectangular shape consistent with ISO/IEC 14443, holder consent to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance associated with the payment account;
• and
• providing a human understandable indication of the account balance via an output device, in response at least in part to the consent.

A method comprising:

• receiving, in association with a payment transaction, information at a proximity coupling system via a proximity payment card that is associated with a payment account and has a generally rectangular shape with a thickness of 0.030 inches;
• receiving, in the proximity coupling system via the proximity payment card having the generally rectangular shape with a thickness of 0.030 inches, holder consent to provide a human understandable indication of an account balance associated with the payment account;
• and
• providing a human understandable indication of the account balance via an output device, in response at least in part to the consent.