Abstract: A method for management of financial transactions associated with a funding agreement may include: receiving, at the award information management system and from an awarding organization, details for a funding award comprising an identification of an award recipient, an award amount, and a condition on the use of the award; notifying an award drawdown management system of the award details; identifying a plurality of participating financial institutions to the award recipient; receiving a registration of an account at one of the financial institutions for receiving drawdown funds; communicating an amount of the payment to the fund reporting and analysis system; receiving transaction details from the financial institution having the award recipient's registered account; and providing reports of all transactions in the registered account and any and all optional card accounts with detailed analysis of part transaction, current balances and predictions of future drawdown requests.

Abstract: A method for management of financial transactions associated with a funding agreement may include: receiving, at the award information management system and from an awarding organization, details for a funding award comprising an identification of an award recipient, an award amount, and a condition on the use of the award; notifying an award drawdown management system of the award details; identifying a plurality of participating financial institutions to the award recipient; receiving a registration of an account at one of the financial institutions for receiving drawdown funds; communicating an amount of the payment to the fund reporting and analysis system; receiving transaction details from the financial institution having the award recipient's registered account; and providing reports of all transactions in the registered account and any and all optional card accounts with detailed analysis of part transaction, current balances and predictions of future drawdown requests.

Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting accountless transactions are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting accountless transactions may include: (1) receiving, from a payor, a payee unique identifier and a payment instruction comprising a payment amount; (2) associating the payment instruction with the payee unique identifier; (3) receiving, from a mobile payment application executed by a mobile electronic device, a payment device identifier for a payment device and the payee unique identifier; (4) retrieving the payment instruction associated with the payee unique identifier; (5) identifying the payment device based on the payment device identifier; and (6) instructing the identified payment device to dispense at least some of the payment amount.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for identifying potential fraud with targeted benefits comprising: receiving, using a programmed computer processor, participant data associated with a participant of a targeted benefit program wherein the participant data comprises geographical data associated with the participant and a participating merchant; applying, using a programmed computer processor, data linking to the participant data where a plurality of filters are applied to the participant data to identify potential fraud; and providing an output, via an interface, comprising a recommended response to the identified potential fraud.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a single financial account that may contain funds in either an actual or a notional balance from one or more payment, benefit, and/or entitlement programs with the funds being made available to an account holder through the use of a multipurpose financial account card that may be used for transactions. The account may accept funds from various non-governmental sources and prevent comingling of funds where comingling is not permitted or enable comingling of funds where permitted or encouraged. The access to and use of the funds may be governed by one or more hierarchical rules based on the type of funds' that determine the funds application to the transaction.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for identifying potential fraud with targeted benefits comprising: receiving, using a programmed computer processor, participant data associated with a participant of a targeted benefit program wherein the participant data comprises geographical data associated with the participant and a participating merchant; applying, using a programmed computer processor, data linking to the participant data where a plurality of filters are applied to the participant data to identify potential fraud; and providing an output, via an interface, comprising a recommended response to the identified potential fraud.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a single financial account that may contain funds in either an actual or a notional balance from one or more payment, benefit, and/or entitlement programs with the funds being made available to an account holder through the use of a multipurpose financial account card that may be used for transactions. The account may accept funds from various non-governmental sources and prevent comingling of funds where comingling is not permitted or enable comingling of funds where permitted or encouraged. The access to and use of the funds may be governed by one or more hierarchical rules based on the type of funds' that determine the funds application to the transaction.