Abstract: A method for mapping a city name to a geographic location is disclosed. The method comprises performing a search for the city name in at least one database said search including a search for synonyms and aliases associated with the city name; and if a result of the searching is negative then generating a tokenized form of the city name, and searching for the tokenized form of the city name in said at least one database.

Abstract: A method and system for processing a payment authorization request associated with a payment card is provided. The method comprises determining a cardholder's context based on transmissions received from a user device associated with a cardholder using the payment card; determining a transaction context based on analysis of the payment authorization request; determining at least one transaction authorization preference associated with the payment card; performing a transaction authorization process to generate a transaction authorization response based on the at least one transaction authorization preference wherein information in the transaction context is used as a hint to selectively guide application of the transaction authorization preference.