Patent ID: 7717335

Claim:
A stored-value card comprising: a substrate including an account identifier and a graphical depiction of a character, the account identifier linking the stored-value card to at least one of a financial account and a financial record, wherein the substrate is substantially planar; wherein the substrate defines an aperture configured to receive a portion of a finger of a card bearer and where the aperture is positioned relative to the character such that, when the finger is received by the aperture, the finger appears as an appendage of the character; and wherein the aperture is a first aperture and the finger of the card bearer is a first finger, the stored-value card comprising a second aperture configured to receive at least a portion of a second finger of the card bearer such that, when the first and second fingers are received by the first and second apertures, the first and second fingers appear as first and second appendages of the character.