Abstract: A method for acquiring data to process a financial account is provided which includes receiving a request to process the financial account. The request includes a print stream of data for a client received in a print protocol. The method further includes converting the print stream of data into wire format data, and transmitting the wire format data to a server to process the financial account. A method is provided for processing a financial account which includes receiving a request from a client to process the financial account. The request includes a print stream of data for a client received in a print protocol. The method further includes extracting data elements from the received wire format data, and processing the financial account using the extracted data elements. The receiving includes receiving encrypted wire format data which has been converted from the print stream of data for the client received in a print protocol.