ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,868, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. (San Francisco).

"Systems and methods for information verification using a contactless card" was invented by Peter Ho (San Francisco) and John A. Aurelius (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a computing system, an application of a user for a product or service. The application can include user information associated with a user input via a user device. The method further includes: transmitting a message to a third party computing system based on a contactless communication between a cont...