Stored-value card system

Abstract

A stored-value card system includes a POS terminal, a communications device, and a stored-value card agent. The stored-value card agent is configured to receive, from the communications device, a message that identifies a payment amount; transmit, to a stored-value card network, a request message that includes the payment amount; receive a confirmation of the stored-value card network associating the payment amount with a stored-value card account that is maintained by the stored-value card network; and transmit a token to the communications device. The POS terminal is configured to transmit to the stored-value card network a completion message that includes the token and excludes the payment amount, and receive from the stored-value card network an authorization code that confirms authorization of a funds transfer in the payment amount.

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