Generally speaking, methods and media for authorizing a guest to use an
electronic financial transaction card, such as a credit card or debit
card, are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving information about
a desired guest transaction (which may be limited in size, timeframe,
nature, etc.) from a customer associated with an EFT card, generating a
guest PIN number and artifact information for the guest transaction, and
transmitting them to the customer. Embodiments may also include receiving
from a financial terminal a PIN number and an indication of a supplied
artifact associated with a proposed transaction utilizing the EFT card.
Embodiments may include determining whether the proposed transaction
should be authorized based on the received PIN number and the supplied
artifact and, in response to determining that the proposed transaction
should be authorized, transmitting approval of the proposed transaction
to the financial terminal.