A method and system for processing negotiable economic credits (e.g.,
cash, credit card, enterprise incentives/award such as frequent flier
miles, etc.) through a hand held device. Credits are storable in the form
of credit data in a credit database associated with a point of sale
and/or hand held device. Credit is retrievable from the credit database,
in response to synchronizing a hand held device, such as a PDA, wireless
PDA, paging device, cellular telephone, or other hand held computing
device, with the point of sale. Credit data may be transferred to/from
the hand held device, thereby permitting a user to maintain and manage
enterprise credits based on the credit data, utilizing the hand held
device. In one embodiment, when a particular number of enterprise credits
have been earned, the user may utilize such credits to receive price
discounts on enterprise products or services, or awards of such products
or services. A user may also use credits earned for enterprise sponsored
credit programs unrelated to transactions at unrelated enterprise having
compatible points of sale for providing/receiving/processing credits, so
long as credits are recognized at a point of sale.