System and method for meter enabled payment functionality

A method of collecting a past due payment from a customer associated with a postage meter where the customer has a past due account, comprising:

• receiving a request for a postage refill transaction from said postage meter;
• determining that said customer has the past due account wherein the past due account does not include postage refill transaction costs;
• requesting through said postage meter that said customer make said past due payment and a postage refill transaction payment using a credit card and requesting that said customer provide credit card information through said postage meter relating to said credit card for purposes of charging said past due payment and said postage refill transaction payment to said credit card;
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• performing said postage refill transaction and charging said past due payment and said postage refill transaction payment to said credit card if said customer provides said credit card information through said postage meter, and denying said postage refill transaction if said customer does not provide said credit card information.

A method of collecting a past due payment from a customer associated with a postage meter where the customer has a past due account, comprising:

• receiving a request for a postage refill transaction from said postage meter;
• determining that said customer has the past due account wherein the past due account does not include postage refill transaction costs;
• determining that said customer has a stored credit card payment record associated with a credit card related to postage refill transactions;
• requesting through said postage meter that said customer provide payment authorization to pay said past due payment and a postage refill transaction payment using the stored credit card payment record;
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• performing said postage refill transaction and charging said past due payment and said postage refill transaction payment to said credit card if said customer provides said payment authorization through said postage meter, and denying said postage refill transaction if said customer does not provide said payment authorization.