Abstract: A method for processing a financial transaction funded via a virtual payment number includes: receiving, by an input device of a merchant, product details for at least one product to be purchased in a financial transaction; receiving, by the input device, a virtual payment number; receiving, by the input device, an indication of the virtual payment number as being a limited use number associated with a payment account, wherein said merchant can recognize said virtual payment number as a limited use number; generating, by a processing device, an authorization request for a financial transaction, wherein the authorization request includes at least transaction data, the virtual payment number, and a data element, wherein the data element indicates the virtual payment number as a limited use number; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, the authorization request to a payment network.

Abstract: A method of providing authentication information for a card-not-present transaction; the method comprising a card provider associating an electronic communication medium of a user with a payment card of the user in advance of the transaction, the card provider generating a virtual security code which is associated with the payment card, the card provider providing the virtual security code to the electronic communication medium for retrieval by the user, the card provider recording at least one characteristic each time the virtual security code is submitted by the user to an online authentication process associated with a transaction, and the card provider providing a replacement virtual security code to the electronic communication medium in response to the recorded at least one characteristic.

Abstract: A method for providing sponsored roaming for a mobile device includes: receiving a data usage request, the data usage request being received from a mobile computing device associated with a first mobile network operator, originating from a geographic location associated with a second mobile network operator, and including at least a device identifier associated with the mobile computing device and a merchant identifier associated with a merchant; transmitting a data request to an entity associated with control of data usage by the mobile computing device, the data request including the device identifier; identifying a transaction amount based on at least a data amount transmitted as a result of the received data usage request; and initiating a payment transaction for payment of a roaming charge associated with the transmitted data by the merchant associated with the merchant identifier, wherein the payment transaction is for payment of the identified transaction amount.

Abstract: A method for processing a financial transaction funded via a virtual payment number includes: receiving, by an input device of a merchant, product details for at least one product to be purchased in a financial transaction; receiving, by the input device, a virtual payment number; receiving, by the input device, an indication of the virtual payment number as being a limited use number associated with a payment account, wherein said merchant can recognize said virtual payment number as a limited use number; generating, by a processing device, an authorization request for a financial transaction, wherein the authorization request includes at least transaction data, the virtual payment number, and a data element, wherein the data element indicates the virtual payment number as a limited use number; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, the authorization request to a payment network.