Analytics rules engine for payment processing system

A payment system authorization platform, comprising:

• a first input to receive authorization messages from an acquirer platform;
• a determination component to determine that the authorization requests meet a pre-determined condition;
• responsive to the determination, an output to transmit information about the authorization messages to an analytics rules engine;
• and
• a second input to receive information from the analytics rules engine, including indications that each authorization message is assigned to a segmentation dimension category.

A non-transitory, computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that, upon execution, cause a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a payment system authorization platform, an authorization message from an acquirer platform;
• determining, by the payment system authorization platform, that the authorization request meets a pre-determined condition;
• responsive to the determination, transmitting information about the authorization message to an analytics rules engine;
• and
• receiving, at the payment system authorization platform, information from the analytics rules engine, including an indication that each authorization message is assigned to a segmentation dimension category.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at an analytics rules engine from a payment system authorization platform, information about an authorization message;
• analyzing, by the analytics rules engine, the information about the authorization message in accordance with at least one rule to generate a result;
• automatically assigning the authorization message to a segmentation dimension category;
• and
• responsive to the result, transmitting information about the authorization message to the payment system authorization platform, including an indication that the authorization message is assigned to the segmentation dimension category.

An analytics rules engine, comprising:

• an input to receive, from a payment system authorization platform, information about an authorization message;
• an analyzer to:
• (i) analyze the information about the authorization message in accordance with at least one rule to generate a result, and (ii) automatically assign the authorization message to a segmentation dimension category;
• and
• responsive to the result, an output to transmit information about the authorization message to the payment system authorization platform, including an indication that the authorization message is assigned to the segmentation dimension category.

A non-transitory, computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that, upon execution, cause a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an analytics rules engine from a payment system authorization platform, information about an authorization message;
• analyzing, by the analytics rules engine, the information about the authorization message in accordance with at least one rule to generate a result;
• automatically assigning, by the analytics rules engine, the authorization message to a segmentation dimension category;
• and
• responsive to the result, transmitting information about the authorization message to the payment system authorization platform, including an indication of the segmentation dimension category.