Biometric interaction manager

A message processing system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code, executable by the processor, to implement a method comprising:
• receiving, by the message processing system, an authorization request message from an access device, the authorization request message comprising a biometric template and access data;
• retrieving, by the message processing system from a configuration database, an interaction entity record identifier associated with an interaction entity from among a plurality of different interaction entities that process messages in different message formats;
• initiating, by the message processing system, validation of the biometric template;
• upon a determination that the biometric template is valid, then converting the authorization request message from a first format to a second format, the second format being compatible with message processing by the interaction entity;
• transmitting the authorization request message in the second format to the interaction entity;
• receiving, by the message processing system, an authorization response message in the second format from the interaction entity;
• converting the authorization response message from the second format to the first format;
• and
• transmitting, by the message processing system, the authorization response message in the first format to the access device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code, executable by a processor, configured to:

• receive, by a message processing system, an authorization request message from an access device, the authorization request message comprising a biometric template and access data;
• retrieve, by the message processing system from a configuration database, an interaction entity record identifier associated with an interaction entity from among a plurality of different interaction entities that process messages in different message formats;
• initiate, by the message processing system, validation of the biometric template;
• upon a determination that the biometric template is valid, then convert the authorization request message from a first format to a second format, the second format being compatible with message processing by the interaction entity;
• transmit the authorization request message in the second format to the interaction entity;
• receive, by the message processing system, an authorization response message in the second format from the interaction entity;
• convert the authorization response message from the second format to the first format;
• and
• transmit, by the message processing system, the authorization response message in the first format to the access device.