Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for aggregating consumer-specific transactions made to member merchants associated with a social venture are disclosed. One exemplary method includes distributing a merchant computing device to each of multiple member merchants associated with a social venture and capturing and storing, in memory, multiple transactions from the merchant computing devices, during a social venture period. At least two of the multiple transactions involve a consumer account. The exemplary method further includes aggregating the at least two transactions to the consumer account into a single transaction and submitting the single transaction to an acquirer to be settled.

Abstract: Implementations generally relate to providing images with notifications. In some implementations, a method includes generating a notification to a target user in a social network system. The method also includes selecting one or more of the images associated with the notification based on one or more predefined selection criteria. The method also includes cropping one or more of the selected images based on one or more predefined cropping criteria. The method also includes causing the cropped images to be displayed with the notification.

Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for aggregating consumer-specific transactions made to member merchants associated with a social venture are disclosed. One exemplary method includes distributing a merchant computing device to each of multiple member merchants associated with a social venture and capturing and storing, in memory, multiple transactions from the merchant computing devices, during a social venture period. At least two of the multiple transactions involve a consumer account. The exemplary method further includes aggregating the at least two transactions to the consumer account into a single transaction and submitting the single transaction to an acquirer to be settled.

Abstract: A computer-based method for enrolling financial transaction cardholders into a payment card program that includes features that are directed to an empty nester segment of society is described. The method includes creating at least one spending profile representing an empty nester target group. The empty nester target group includes transaction cardholders within the empty nester segment of society targeted for receiving a marketing campaign. The method also includes storing in the database transaction data for transaction card accounts, identifying cardholders included within the empty nester target group by comparing the transaction data to the at least one empty nester spending profile, and offering a payment card program having at least one rewards feature directed to the empty nester segment of society to the cardholders identified as being within the empty nester target group.

Abstract: A method for on-line shopping for special occasions includes the steps of providing a link to a network accessible website, receiving and storing data from a user identifying at least one recipient, wherein the data includes at least one special occasion date, sending a notification to the user prior to the special occasion date, wherein the notification reminds the user of the special occasion date, offering a plurality of gifts for on line ordering via the website, receiving and storing an order for a gift in advance of the special occasion date and sending the gift to the recipient a predetermined number of days prior to the special occasion.