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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2020
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Colin Tanner, Middlesex, GB;
Christina E. Sheppard, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
John Mwangi, White Plains, NY (US);
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus and computer readable media for provisioning a prepaid mobile staging account to consumer mobile devices are disclosed. In an embodiment, a staging account provider computer receives a request to provision a prepaid mobile payment staging account from a prepaid staging account application program running on a consumer's mobile device, wherein the request includes identification information. The staging account provider computer then associates the identification information with a staging account program developed by a primary issuer comprising at least one a pre-packaged prepaid mobile account, identifies a financial account of the consumer held by the primary issuer, generates a pre-packaged prepaid mobile staging account from the staging account program of the primary issuer which is loaded with funds from the consumer's financial account, and transmits a confirmation message indicating successful setup to the consumer's mobile device.