Trusted qr code generation for financial transactions

Abstract

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at an acquirer, a trust-verification-use-case-specific root certificate from a certificate authority of a payment processing network, the trust-verification-use-case-specific root certificate being associated with a trust verification use case; receiving an intermediate certificate from the certificate authority, the intermediate certificate being associated with the trust-verification-use-case-specific root certificate; generating, at the acquirer, a key pair for identity associated with an end-entity; signing the key pair for identity associated with the end-entity using the intermediate certificate; generating a digital certificate based upon the signing of the key pair for identity; generating a secure QR code utilizing the digital certificate, identify information associated with the end-entity, and an associated certificate chain; and providing the secure QR code to the end-entity for scanning by a user of a communication device to allow the user to provide financial compensation to the end-entity.