US Patent 11568373 Automated support for freelancers

A facility for facilitating payments from a client to a freelancer is described. The facility provides a mobile app enabling the freelancer to open an account and solicit payments by clients. In response, each client can use any of a variety of forms of electronic payments to pay into the account. The freelancer can use a debit card issued for the account to spend or withdraw payments made into the account, and can use the app to track requests for payment, payments, client activity, and spending and withdrawals from the account.