Method and system for providing a widget usable in financial transactions

A system for providing a widget comprising;

• a widget maker of a provider, the widget maker for receiving a configuration of the widget, the widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content, the widget being embeddable and copyable by a user other than a widget owner to a desired location for the user, the configuration including an event with which the widget is associated, the multimedia content including at least one updatable tracking mechanism for the event, the configuration receiving including obtaining a plurality of parameters for an ancestor widget, the widget being a copy of the ancestor widget, the plurality of parameters for controlling authorization of the widget by an owner of the widget different from an ancestor widget owner, the provider having a provider owner different from the widget owner and the ancestor widget owner;
• a database for the provider, the database for storing data for the widget;
• at least one server for the provider, the server for rendering the widget on a site, wherein the at least one server renders the widget on the site by determining whether the widget is an authorized copy of the ancestor widget and at least one of rendering the widget only if the widget is an authorized copy, and discontinuing rendering of the widget if the widget is not an authorized copy.