Systems and methods for promotional programs

A method for managing promotional programs, the method comprising:

• executing code by a point-of-sale (POS) device programmed to receive a card number associated with a promotional card from a customer via an interface of the POS device, and to identify the card number as corresponding to at least one promotional program;
• receiving information related to one or more scanned items from the POS device in response acceptance of the promotion card by a server executing a substantiation platform;
• determining, by execution of a rules engine of the substantiation platform, eligibility of the one or more items for the promotional program based on one or more rules associated with the promotional program;
• determining, in response to execution of the rules engine, payment information for the one or more items based on the eligibility of the one or more items and the one or more rules for the promotional program;
• outputting the payment information from the substantiation platform to the POS device;
• and
• executing code by the POS device to control completion of a transaction based on the payment information of the items and to accept tender for a payment amount.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing device, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processing device to implement a method for managing promotional programs, the method comprising:

• executing code by a point-of-sale (POS) device programmed to receive a card number associated with promotional card from a customer via an interface of the POS device, and to identify the card number as corresponding to at least one promotional program;
• receiving information related to one or more scanned items from the POS device in response acceptance of the promotion card by a server executing a substantiation platform;
• determining, by execution of a rules engine of the substantiation platform, eligibility of the one or more items for the promotional program based on one or more rules associated with the promotional program;
• determining, in response to execution of the rules engine, payment information for the one or more items based on the eligibility of the one or more items and the one or more rules for the promotional program;
• outputting the payment information from the substantiation platform to the POS device;
• and
• executing code by the POS device to control completion of a transaction based on the payment information of the items and to accept tender for a payment amount.