Systems and methods for pre-authenticating a user of a payment card over a network

Abstract

The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for pre-authenticating a user over a network, the system including an authentication computing device configured to receive, over a first computer network, a pre-authentication signal from a client device, determine an account number associated with a payment card of the user, verify i) that the user has satisfied at least one security measure, and ii) that the account number is associated with the client device, store the account number in association with a timer, initiate the timer, monitor, until the timer expires, a second computer network to detect an authorization request message for a transaction having the account number, and embed a digital authentication flag in the authorization request message when the authorization request message is detected before the timer expires, the digital authentication flag indicating that the transaction has been pre-authenticated.