Methods, point-of-sale terminals, and computer program products for audio playback at point-of-sale terminals

A point-of-sale (POS) terminal configured for delivering feedback during a payment transaction involving a payment card, comprising:

• at least one processor configured for:
• detecting at the POS terminal an interface event comprising the payment card communicatively interfacing with the POS terminal;
• detecting at the POS terminal, a payment application stored within a memory of the payment card;
• identifying an audio file associated with the detected payment application;
• and
• initiating playback of the identified audio file through an audio playback device controlled by the POS terminal, wherein playback of the audio file is implemented between a playback commencement event detected by the POS terminal and a playback termination event detected by the POS terminal.

A computer program product for delivering feedback through a point-of-sale (POS) terminal during a payment transaction involving a payment card, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for:

• detecting at the POS terminal an interface event comprising the payment card communicatively interfacing with the POS terminal;
• detecting at the POS terminal, a payment application stored within a memory of the payment card;
• identifying an audio file associated with the detected payment application;
• and
• initiating playback of the identified audio file through an audio playback device controlled by the POS terminal, wherein playback of the audio file is implemented between a playback commencement event detected by the POS terminal and a playback termination event detected by the POS terminal.