2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving from the first member a second identifier for a second user of the public network; determining that the second user is a second member of the private network; and creating a link between the database record associated with the first member and a second database record associated with the second member for automatically providing the first member with access to information regarding the second member.
11. The method of claim 2 , further comprising providing enhanced features between the first member and the second member as part of the private network service, the enhanced features comprising a federated payment processing feature.