OFFSETTING FUTURE ACCOUNT DISCREPANCY ASSESSMENTS

In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for prepaying, covering, avoiding, negating, and/or otherwise offsetting future account discrepancy assessments. For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving one or more payments for offsetting one or more future account discrepancy assessments, where the one or more payments are associated with an account; (b) receiving transaction information associated with a transaction, where the transaction involves the account, and where the transaction is initiated after the receiving the one or more payments; (c) determining, based at least partially on the transaction information, that the account will incur an account discrepancy as a result of the transaction; (d) determining that the one or more payments are sufficient to offset an account discrepancy assessment associated with the account discrepancy; and (e) authorizing the transaction based at least partially on the determining that the one or more payments are sufficient.