Abstract: A remittance system comprising a remittance platform operable to process a remittance request originating from a sender to a target beneficiary; the remittance request comprising a primary account number (PAN) of the sender; the remittance platform further operable to create an electronic account for the target beneficiary upon determining that the target beneficiary does not have an approved PAN for remittance to take place; wherein the creation of the electronic account comprises a link between a unique identifier of the target beneficiary and the generation of a primary account number for the beneficiary.

Abstract: A transaction system comprising a transaction facilitator operable to receive and process a transaction request from a user device; a transaction channel 5 controller operable to change the state of the transaction channel between a first and a second state; and a fund provider operable to receive processed transaction request and determine if the transaction channel is in the first or second state; and provide or not provide the funds accordingly is disclosed.