Account-level control of game currencies and exchanges

A method for processing a transaction for a gaming deposit account at an issuing bank, the method performed on an electronic online system, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a payment network, an approval request message for a transaction related to an in-game asset;
• evaluating rules established by an accountholder of the gaming deposit account to approve or deny the approval request message, wherein the transaction includes a gaming platform identifier, a game identifier, or an in-game asset identifier, and wherein the rules to evaluate whether to approve or deny the approval request message are based on the gaming platform identifier, the game identifier, or the in-game asset identifier;
• and
• completing the transaction using the gaming deposit account when the approval request message is approved.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions for processing a transaction for a gaming deposit account at an issuing bank, which when executed by a machine in an online system cause the machine to:

• receive, from a payment network, an approval request message for a transaction related to an in-game asset;
• evaluate rules established by an accountholder of the gaming deposit account to approve or deny the approval request message, wherein the transaction includes a gaming platform identifier, a game identifier, or an in-game asset identifier, and wherein the rules to evaluate whether to approve or deny the approval request message are based on the gaming platform identifier, the game identifier, or the in-game asset identifier;
• and
• complete the transaction using the gaming deposit account when the approval request message is approved.